by Ryukan | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog
From Lola Peters: Kubota Garden Revealed Your Kubota Garden Poem Open, online, poetry reading Monday, April 12, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Among the beautiful elements of the book Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden are the poems by Anastacia-Reneé, Elizabeth...
by Ryukan | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
It is with great sorrow that I sit to compose this post about the Seattle writing community. For many years now, perhaps for its entire existence, the Richard Hugo House has been a quintessential Seattle organization, and we’re beginning to see what that means....
by Ryukan | Feb 3, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcard poet Susan Kay Anderson has a new book on Virginia Brautigan Aste: In this startling and fascinating book, Susan Kay Anderson takes the reader on a journey from California to Oaxaca to Hawaii, through the life and words of Virginia Brautigan Aste – married to...
by Ryukan | Jan 27, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Nina Murray is a newcomer to the Poetry Postcard Fest, with 2020 being her first year. A Foreign Service Officer, she had a lot to share about the fest, her work and the state of consciousness that poetry (done right) can enable. Enjoy!
by Ryukan | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
SPLAB Board Member Jason Wirth and I had the good fortune to interview Wedlidi Speck about an indigenous perspective regarding the subject of Cascadian Zen. An anthology with the same name is being assembled for publication in Fall 2022. From the interview...
by Ryukan | Jan 23, 2021 | Blog
Christine Lowther, the Poet Laureate of Tofino, BC, and a Make it True poet, had a call for poets who love TREES. IT IS NOW CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. And if they are a high school-age poet there is: tofinopoetlaureate@gmail.com
by Ryukan | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
How are two of SPLAB’s key programs (the August POetry POstcard Fest and the Cascadia Poetry Fest related?) See Tetsuezn Jason Wirth elaborate on a SPLAB Zoom call: Jason on Ahimsa, January 20, 2021 And just bringing a few of the strands together, I’m...
by Ryukan | Jan 20, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
LONGTIME Poetry Postcard Fest POet Cat Ruiz Kigerl discusses her participation in the annual Poetry Postcard Fest: Poetry Postcard Fest. Cat Ruiz Kigerl was born in Seattle. She is the author of three poetry books: Beach Notes, TwoNewfs Publishing, 2020, At the Town...
by Ryukan | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog
Mike O’Connor August 3, 1944 – January 4, 2021 https://www.ptleader.com/stories/mike-oconnor Obit by Tim McNulty and Jack Estes Mike O’Connor, a poet, writer, translator, and editor who championed Olympic Peninsula writers, died on January 4 at his home in...
by Ryukan | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Ian Boyden Reads from A Forest of Names Join Ian Boyden for a reading of poems from A Forest of Names: 108 Meditations, a collection of poems translating the names of schoolchildren killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. 5,196 schoolchildren were killed when their...
by Ryukan | Jan 13, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
CJ Prince discusses her experience with Poetry Postcard Fest, the Poetry Postcard Fest in an interview recorded December 8, 2020. C.J. Prince arrived in the Northwest, escorted by two dragons and one hundred and eight boxes of poems and a few lagging computers. You...
by Ryukan | Jan 6, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
We caught up with Wilderness Sarchild to discuss her Poetry Postcard Fest experience on December 7, 2020. Wilderness Sarchild is the author of a full length poetry collection, Old Women Talking, published by Passager Books, and the co-author of Wrinkles, the Musical,...
by Ryukan | Jan 2, 2021 | Blog
Like all other things the European Beat Studies Network is going virtual for their next event, though we all hope things are back to the new abnormal by October 2021. Still, this is a good opportunity for those who can’t get to Europe and have something...
by Ryukan | Dec 28, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Alicia Gignoux has enjoyed being part of the Poetry Postcard Fest poetry exchange. She taught Spanish at the university level in Montana for many years and spent time serving in Mexico with the Peace Corps.
by Ryukan | Dec 22, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Andrew Bell is a Poetry Postcard Fest poet living in Christchurch, New Zealand. He talked about his experience with the postcard fest and also USAmerican politics in the last weeks of you know who. Andrew M. Bell writes poetry, short fiction, plays, screenplays and...
