by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 26, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Support PPF on Giving Tuesday! Thank you for supporting Cascadia Poetics Lab and the Poetry Postcard Fest! Thanks to you, an estimated 18,000 original postcard poems were sent by postcard poets throughout the fest’s history. Paul Nelson and Lana Ayers created...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 25, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On November 22, 2025, Cascadia Poetics Lab hosted an online workshop with longtime postcard poet Tim Mateer for early registrants of the 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest. Tim discussed his techniques in postcard designing and the impact of sending poetry postcards to loved...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 24, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Your Blues Ain’t Mine Workshop Video On November 16, 2025, Paul Nelson, Roxi Power and allia abdullah-matta, three of eight Winter in America (Again editors, facilitated an online workshop called Your Blues Ain’t Mine. The editors discussed the value of...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 23, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
In celebration of winning the Humanities Washington Award, we are sharing the letters of support and recommendation provided by CPL staff and colleagues that assisted us in receiving the award. We owe much of our programming and success to the dedication and kindness...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 21, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Carbonation Press Showcase VIDEO! On October 11, 2025, we followed a nice lunch at the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a Carbonation Press showcase. Carbonation Press is a small press located on the lands of the Spokane Tribe founded by publisher and long-time CPL...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 17, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Daysong Workshops Jan. 22 and 25, 2026! January 22 and January 25 from 3-5 PM PDT, Cascadia Poetics Lab will be hosting FREE workshops facilitated by Paul Nelson discussing the Daysong writing practice, how to accomplish it and what it means to the poet that pulls it...
by Zach Charles | Nov 16, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
This interview is brought to you in memory of Jack Foley, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 85. The interview is with Jack and his wife Adelle, who were poets from Oakland, California. They had recently performed at the 3rd annual Super Bowl of Poetry...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 16, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Creative Resistance Panel Video! On October 11, 2025, we followed the first 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival panel with a Creative Resistance panel at the Rainier Beach Community Club. The panel featured speakers Roxi Power, Katie Sarah Zale, Brenda Cardenas and...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 13, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, News
CPL Letter of Recommendation from Katie Sarah Zale We are still basking in the glow of the honor of receiving a Humanities Washington 50th Anniversary Award! You can learn all about Humanities Washington and the 50th Anniversary Awards they granted to outstanding...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 11, 2025 | News
CPF9 in Rainier Beach Action Coalition Newsletter In the November 7, 2025 edition of the Rainier Beach Action Coalition online newsletter, the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival was promoted and covered. We are grateful to the Rainier Beach Action Coalition and their...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 7, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Tim Mateer Postcard Workshop Learn about different techniques and perspectives in writing and designing postcards with longtime Poetry Postcard Fest poet Tim Mateer! Tim has created and mailed over 2,000 Poetry Postcards in his illustrious postcard career. He is...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 6, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Invocation and Panel Video! On October 11, 2025, we started the second day of the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a invocation, land acknowledgment and panel at the Rainier Beach Community Club. The invocation and land acknowledgment featured Ken Workman, 5th...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 5, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Provide assistance for Jamaican community members affected by Hurricane Melissa From Staceyann Chin, poet and founder of Kindred on the Rock, an inclusive community farm in the mountains of Jamaica: Days ago, in the immediate aftermath of the storm, we picked up the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 4, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadia Poetics Lab and founder Paul E. Nelson won a Humanities Washington Award! Thanks to a nomination by Katie Sarah Zale and magnificent letters of recommendation by Jason Wirth, Katie Sarah Zale and Zach Charles, Paul Nelson and the Cascadia Poetics Lab received...
by Zach Charles | Nov 1, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
In this interview on her book Vodou Visions with Sallie Ann Glassman, she discusses becoming a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess, Vodou, its history as a religion created by enslaved Africans, common misunderstandings about it, its power as an experiential religion, and...
