by Ryukan | Jul 24, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Interview with Nicole Cromartie and Katie Wilson-Best of the Clyfford Still Museum on the exhibit Tell Clyfford I Said Hi, done in partnership with the Colville Confederated Tribes of Nespelem, Washington. Recorded at 2:22pm on July 22, 2026 via Zoom. What a great...
by Ryukan | Jul 24, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Interview with Joyce Tsai, Director of the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. Recorded Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 2PM via Zoom. It was a rather stunning tour of the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, on July 2, 2026. Museum Director Joyce Tsai spoke without...
by Zach Charles | Jul 18, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
David McCloskey passed away on July 3, 2026. In honor of his lifetime of work to create and spread a culture that was deeply connected to the Cascadian bioregion, Cascadian Prophets, which owes more than just its name to his work, want to share this interview from...
by Ryukan | Jul 15, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
I was delighted today to interview Lulu Zilinskas on the astrology of Clyfford Still. An archivist and intuitive practitioner utilizing astrology and tarot, she currently serves as the archivist and manager of digital collections at the Clyfford Still Museum and sat...
by Ryukan | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
I had the great fortune today to interview Michael Holloman about the Abstract Expressionist legend Clyfford Still and how Still’s time on the Colville Indian Reservation was a transformative experience for the artist. The interview was recorded as I am a...
by Zach Charles | Jul 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Phyllis Curott is a Wiccan High Priestess, lawyer, author, and spiritual pioneer. This archival interview from November 2001 was about the growing popularity of religions like Wicca and why they weren’t just popular to begin with. She touched on the origins of...
by Ryukan | Jun 21, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Mateo Quispe is the subject of a wonderful profile in the Cascadia Journal. Andy Engelson runs that publication and has his finger on the pulse of progressive news from around the bioregion. We’re hoping Mateo can be part of the 10th Cascadia Poetry Fesitval,...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 20, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Watershed Press Cumberland Readings Saturday, August 15, 2026, 3:30-9:00 PM Sunday, August 16, 2026, 3:00-5:30 PM Venue The Masonic Lodge2687 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland, BC Schedule Saturday 8/15/2026 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Talk by Jason Wirth on the poetry of Jan...
by Ryukan | Jun 14, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
We had a full house at the Flag Day 2026 online workshop for poets interested in making the most out of the summer Poetry Postcard Fest and the end of fest daysong, day-long writing ritual. We played a bit of an interview with Jerome Rothenberg discussing his Lorca...
by Zach Charles | Jun 13, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
This interview with Finn Menzies is an archival interview from November, 2017. Finn Menzies is an out transgender teacher in Seattle, WA. His work is his spiritual practice and his activism. He received his MFA from Mills College. He is the creator of FIN Zine, a...
by Ryukan | Jun 13, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
There are three weeks before the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest begins. Cumberland, BC and Cortes Island postcarder Scott Lawrance sends an article from The Guardian about the tradition of using poetry to get through the conflict. Link below. If you have not yet registered...
by Zach Charles | Jun 8, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
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 Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
Winter in America (Still: Poets, Writers, and Artists Respond to a Fractured World The people know, it’s winter/ Lord knows / It’s winter in America And ain’t nobody fighting / ’Cause nobody knows what to save… – Gil Scott-Heron, Winter in America During...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
What is the nature of the bioregion known as Cascadia? How is this insight expressed by the people who live, work, practice, and play here? Is there a connection between Zen practice, broadly construed, and the Cascadia bioregion? If so, what is it? Who have been the...
