by Ryukan | Jun 25, 2014 | Blog
Remembering Marion Kimes, poet (March 28, 1930 — March 31, 2014) July 27, 2014 2-5pm Sunday Procession: 1:00pm Led by Martha Linehan A walk from Coastal Kitchen (429 15th Ave. E., Seattle 98112) to Spring Street Center. We will converge in front of C. Kitchen...
by Ryukan | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog
Pre-order a limited edition of a “fat selected” of the life work of Sam Hamill from Lost Horse Press:
by Ryukan | May 9, 2014 | Blog
The second Cascadia Poetry Festival was a huge success, both in terms of the content, the depth of the dialog and the finances. Blog posts are rolling in from Joanne Arnott: http://joannearnott.blogspot.ca/2014/05/cascadia-poetry-festival.html Kim Goldberg:...
by Ryukan | Apr 27, 2014 | Blog
The largest single event SPLAB has ever done starts Thursday, May 1, at 7:30PM at Spring Street Center. The 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival happens there and at Seattle U. There will be 6 poetry readings, 3 Living Room (free, democratic, open) reading sessions, five...
by Ryukan | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
Frances McCue is not only reading at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival at the closing reading, but also has turned in a fine review of the Force Field anthology of BC women poets. Excerpt: “Touring the book was a pleasure. The collection of poems is arranged in...
by Ryukan | Apr 19, 2014 | Blog
Joanne Kyger is one of the headliners at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival. Because of her involvement in the Spicer Circle/San Francisco Renaissance of the late 1950s, which included poets like Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser and George Stanley (also headlining Cascadia...
by Ryukan | Apr 8, 2014 | Blog
Where else would one take a for-credit course by attending the Cascadia Poetry Festival? Cascadia Comunity College. Jared Leising is developing and teaching the course and the description is here: http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/cascadia-poetry-festival-course and...
by Ryukan | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog
For a sense of what TISH was about, and one of the most important movements in Cascadia poetry history, see Kevin Killian’s review of When TISH Happens, the new Frank Davie memoir of the magazine:...
by Ryukan | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog
Our IndieGoGo campaign has some WONDERFUL premiums, like bourbon (&/or tea) with translator Red Pine and sushi with Sam Hamill, among other things. Sponsors include: 4Culture 826 seattle Cascadia Community College Cascadia Now Central Co-op (Madison Market) Leaf...
by Ryukan | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog
Presenting: Runoff! the Cascadia Poetry Festival Beer Slam Qualifier Sunday April 6th, 8p.m. at Naked City Brewing In anticipation of Cascadia Poetry Festival’s Beer Slam, where poets of all styles and locations from around Cascadia show their swagger, Naked...
by Ryukan | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog
This from the EasySpeak folks: Tell us your poems, sing us your songs, speak us your paragraphs. Or give us anything else you can perform in five minutes. Greetings Easy Speakers, If you thought you were going to get a break from Easy Speak on the fifth Monday of the...
by Ryukan | Mar 20, 2014 | Blog
Registration for The Small Press Fair at the Cascadia Poetry Festival continues. Those already registered include: Pageboy Magazine, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Headmistress Press, Ravenna Press, Cascadia Now!, The Common Acre, StringTown Press, LitFuse Poets...
by Ryukan | Mar 16, 2014 | Blog
When touting Seattle’s status as a literary town, inevitably Open Books is noted, one of (now) three all poetry bookstores in the US of A. And sometimes those who note it have actually been there and John Marshall and Christine Deavel know and remember. Asked...
by Ryukan | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog
The schedule for the Cascadia Poetry Festival continues to come together. The kickoff reading is Thursday, May 1, 7:30p, the Force Field reading, featuring poets from the first all women anthology of British Columbia poets in 34 years. Judith Roche is emcee. Poets...
by Ryukan | Mar 10, 2014 | Blog
Now that AWP has left Seattle, we can turn our attention to bioregional poetry matters. The Small Press Fair at the Cascadia Poetry Festival is accepting registration and those already registered include Pageboy Magazine, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Headmistress...
