by Ryukan | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
Mary Ann Moore has sent this wonderful invite to her poetry friends: Hello friends from afar (not that far): Nanaimo is filled with poetry! It’s the skin of our city, poet Kim Goldberg says. We have a poet laureate, Naomi Beth Wakan; a poem gallery (at the downtown...
by Ryukan | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog
Three guys who met at SPLAB and started one of Seattle’s top poetry readings are putting together an anthology and need some funding. From Alex Bleecker: Hello artists, friends, and family members of the illustrious line of bread! We’ve been announcing...
by Ryukan | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog
The pub crawl is a tradition that goes back to the 19th century. A group gets together and drinks in a series of bars. Maybe the participants are new to a town. In Australia they had over 4,000 people do a pub crawl once, a Guinness world record. LIT Crawls go back...
by Ryukan | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2:15 – 5:15pm Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, Bldg. 355, Room 103 ($60?!?)
by Ryukan | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
The IndieGoGo campaign for the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival in Nanaimo, BC ends March 11. Check out the incredible premiums to support the festival: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadia-poetry-festival-nanaimo-2015-apr-30-may-3/x/1411213 Robert Bringhurst,...
by Ryukan | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog
Greg Bem has initiated a YouTube channel for videos connected with the Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB). See: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgBVuO_ko5H2_GsXxgKO8kQ Related video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Splabman Other video can be found here:...
by Ryukan | Mar 1, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I am so envious of these four chapbooks and delighted they were gifts recently given to me. All from Cascadians and all quite worth while. Wikipedia (by way of the O.E.D.) says: “Chapbook is first attested in English in 1824, and seems to derive from the word...
by Ryukan | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog
From Robert Flor: Seattle, WA: On April 10th and 11th, 2015, La Sala and Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Arts (PWEKA) will present three Latino/a and three Filipino/a poets who will consider the influence of Latino and Filipino mythology on poetry. During two events...
by Ryukan | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
It is a tradition that I first encountered at the Taos Poetry Circus in New Mexico. The democratic component of that fest and of the Cascadia Poetry Festival is Living Room. Poets gather in a circle and read their own work and listen to each other. The event is...
by Ryukan | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
From Rick Schober Hello Paul, I am writing to let you know of a book that I recently completed, The Whole Shot: Collected Interviews with Gregory Corso. I figured that you might find it of interest. Advance reviews from eminent Beat literature scholars have praised...
by Ryukan | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog
Look at this lineup for the closing reading at the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival. I hope you’ll consider attending and connecting with other poets from Cascadia in this ongoing cultural investigation. See you in Nanaimo! Joanne Arnott is a Canadian...
by Ryukan | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog
An Invitation to the Cascadia Poetry Festival in Nanaimo April 30-May 3 Dear Poets and Friends: I and many friends have been working to organize and to bring the 2015 Cascadia Poetry Festival to Nanaimo–a truly grass roots festival and cultural investigation of...
by Ryukan | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog
This might be the most electric event each year at the Cascadia Poetry Festival. Poets of all different backgrounds, academic, street poets, slam poets, conceptual poets, sound poets, nature poets, &c. get their chance to read ONE POEM on the stage. The edition of...
by Ryukan | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
Seattle Poetics Lab (SPLAB) brings three poets into one space for an evening of readings. Join us for this literary event in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill. A $5 suggested donation will support the readers. Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar is at 1508 11th...
by Ryukan | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog
The local organizing committee in Nanaimo is working hard to make the third iteration of the fest, April 30-May3, 2015, a huge success. They have created a poster for one of the lighter events at the Festival, the Marmot Bout. Named for an alter ego of the emcee,...
