by Roberta Hoffman | May 2, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Thanks to those folks who have supported is via Give Big in the past and at least one generous early donor in 2023. Give Big is today and tomorrow and look what those funds support! Cascadia Poetics Lab is a vibrant community whose workshops, festivals, and...
by Ryukan | May 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
“Rescue and Revival of a Seattle Legend: Carletta Carrington Wilson Interprets James Washington Jr.” is an essay in a book that chronicles a residency at the home of this under-appreciated Seattle sculptor who died in the year 2000, but not until leaving behind a body...
by Roberta Hoffman | Apr 18, 2023 | test rh
Cascadia Poetics Lab is a vibrant community whose workshops, festivals, and opportunities for connection can open the door for transformative experiences. We believe that poetry is the nexus at which self knowledge, bioregionalism, and expansive creativity converge....
by Ryukan | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
The board of the Cascadia Poetics Lab had its spring 2023 board retreat on Salt Spring Island. Our last retreat on the Long Beach Peninsula was a huge success and we made new friends in that part of the world. Promo poster by Roberta Hoffman is below. Here is the...
by Ryukan | Apr 6, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I’m delighted to have a postcard poem in the new anthology I Sing the Salmon Home. It’s a book of poems by Washington state poets, curated by the last state Poet Laureate (and Lummi Tribal member Rena Priest) and published by Empty Bowl. From the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, News
We are proud to announce that we are a recipient of a Community Accelerator Grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and awarded by ArtsFund! This gift will accelerate our organization’s efforts efforts as a literary arts and cultural organization in...
by Ryukan | Mar 31, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
It is a collaboration that’s a book, but not a book that you’d bring to bed with you before turning the lights out. It’s also been described as “protest beauty” and is the collaboration of a printer (really, a book artist) and a poet, who’ve created “a full...
by Ryukan | Mar 27, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Longtime postcarder Joanna Thomas is having an exhibition of 40 or so of her “dear-so-and-so” postcards just in time for her 75th birthday! Happy Birthday Joey! Check it out: Earlybird registration for the 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest goes til June 4 and the...
by Ryukan | Mar 26, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
From David McCloskey: What end does politics serve? Surely it must serve ends beyond itself. Why seek greater bioregional autonomy? For self-determination. Yes, but what purpose in turn shall that value serve? None some may say, it’s self-justifying. But then it...
by Ryukan | Mar 19, 2023 | Blog
I was delighted to be involved in a few off-site readings for the AWP Conference, the annual gathering of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Great article in the Seattle Times on what happened here in Seattle March 8-10, 2023. A delight to connect with...
by Ryukan | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
The AWP Conference is in Seattle again (March 8-11) and 10,000 writers are expected to be in Seattle for the proceedings. (Come say hello to the Cascadia Poetics Lab at the bookfair. We have at least 5 off-site readings that merit your consideration: “Women of...
by Ryukan | Feb 28, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
With the assistance of the Center for World Indigenous Studies, I had the good fortune to interview E. Richard Atleo in 2005. Umeek is hereditary chief of the Ahousaht, grandson of the Keesta, the last of the Ahousaht whalers. He’s a research affiliate at the...
by Ryukan | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
CPL Board Member Jason Wirth has arranged for Dr. E. Richard Atleo to speak at Seattle U. This is a remarkable opportunity to hear about Nuu-Chal-Nuth cosmology. Details below. I had the good fortune to interview Dr. Atleo in 2005 and included the transcript in my...
by Ryukan | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
What a blessing it was December 28, 2022, to interview Shuri Kido, the accomplished Japanese poet and Zen practitioner. As I told he and his translators (Tomoyuki Endo, Forrest Gander) on that occasion, I don’t know of a higher calling at this time than building...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jan 23, 2023 | Cascadia Poetry Festival
Andrew Schelling -An ecologist, naturalist, and explorer of wilderness areas, Schelling has travelled in North America, Europe, India, and the Himalayas. His poetry is known for its engagement with the rhythms and elements of the natural world, its use of literary...
