by Zach Charles | May 24, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050, Poetry Postcard Fest
This year the Poetry Postcard Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary. From the fest many a creative project has spawned, and one recent example of that is Julie Master’s book: No Headlines Here: Postcard Poems. Julie is the author of 2 other books, Away From Car Noise...
by Ryukan | May 23, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, News
We celebrated Cascadia Day 2026 at Vermillion with Andy Engelson at the Cascadia Journal/Cascadia Democratic Action and Wade Atkinson took some amazing photos! Thanks Wade! See the gallery here: https://wade.pixieset.com/cascadiadaypoetry/ Here are a few to whet yr...
by Ryukan | May 20, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, News
The Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion, organized by Andy Engelson of Cascadia Journal and Cascadia Democratic Action was a brilliant evening of creative language and community. In his Cascadia Journal report, Andy wrote: Last night’s Cascadia Day celebration of...
by Zach Charles | May 17, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
How does one make literary art about this time in history that avoids rhetoric and facile political positioning in this era of the spectacle? How does one avoid being consumed by the simultaneous collapse of so many systems — some being eviscerated by people in...
by Ryukan | May 15, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
On view at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art this summer is Carletta Carrington Wilson is Object Lessons. Poet/Fabric Artist/Bookmaker Carletta Carrington Wilson “uses fabric and found materials as portals to the past, linking personal and collective...
by Ryukan | May 12, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
I came across this in my journal today. (See below.) Now that Diana Elser has left the board to focus on her writing, I thought it was an excellent way to thank her for her board service and display what makes the Cascadia Poetics Lab different from any non-profit...
by Ryukan | May 9, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
The Cascadia Poetics Lab is delighted to participate in ScribFest, June 20 & 21, 2026, at Town Hall. From the ScribLab website: “ScribFest brings PNW performance writers together for a weekend of professional development, artistic sharing, community...
by Ryukan | May 4, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Today, May 4, 2026, marks the last month of Earlybird Registration for the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest. The suggested donation will go up to $25 after June 4. Scholarships are available to people in need. Contact us. Since the Poetry Postcard Fest is 20 years old, it...
by Zach Charles | May 2, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Sam Hamill wrote in his final book blurb: “Zhang Er brings us startling ‘burial ground poems’ from Chinese that are striking in their perspective and elegant in style and presentation. They represent a poetic sensibility that is unique and often profound,...
by Zach Charles | May 1, 2026 | CPL 2050, Poetry Postcard Fest
Part of the Cascadia 2050 mission is: to inspire artists and poets of the next generation to consider bioregionalism and intuitive poetic approach as a way to foster a more just and sustainable Cascadia by 2050. To this end, one of our goals is to interview people who...
by Ryukan | Apr 28, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated journalist in a Texas prison for women in Gatesville, where women on death row are also housed. Recently named a 2026-2028 Galaxy Changemaker Fellow, she serves as a Senior Writer and Editor for Solitary Watch and Lead Advisor for...
by Ryukan | Apr 20, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPL Board member Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs is the editor of a new bilingual poetry anthology, Somos Ajolotes or We’re All Axolotles. That all living things are endangered species at this time feels accurate. To have my own work published with many fine Latinx...
by Zach Charles | Apr 18, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Aldon Lynn Nielsen says the time is right to say it straight, Gil Scott-Heron should be recognized as an important writer. As the George and Barbara Kelly Professor Emeritus of American Literature at Penn State University, specializing in, among other things, African...
by Zach Charles | Apr 9, 2026 | CPL 2050, Poetry Postcard Fest
Hello Postcarders, Bioregionalists, Poets, et.al, I am writing you today on behalf of Cascadia 2050 to invite you to participate in a special project honoring the 20th Poetry Postcard Festival. We hope you will be able to start your fest a little early and send us one...
by Ryukan | Apr 7, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Longtime Bellingham, WA postcard poet CJ Prince has lost her battle with cancer. The news went out on her Facebook page via her Grandchild and Denny Stern forward us this note: CJ Prince who was an active postcard poet recently passed away and Suzanne Miller is...
