The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Nicholas Gulig discussing the influence legendary poet Lorine Niedecker had on his work, recreating her trip around Lake Superior and discussing the poem’s similarity with an altar.
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Prospectus for Cascadian Zen Volume I Deluxe Edition
Poet Roxi Power sings from her new book The Songs Objects Would Sing
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Celebrate 30 years of Cascadia Poetics Lab with us! Celebrate 30 years of Cascadia Poetics Lab and the launch of...
by David McCloskey There’s both a Western Wall and an Eastern Wall marking Cascadia’s boundaries…. The Western Wall....
Cascadian Zen has received a wonderful reception from the regional Zen community. The Northwest Dharma Association published a blog post about the book. An excerpt:
The original idea for the book and Watershed Press came from a small, literary arts organization called The Cascadia Poetics Lab. It is based in the Rainier Beach neighborhood in Seattle—we celebrate our 30th anniversary in December 2023—and its mission is “Empowering people to practice poetry & deepen connections to place, self & the present moment.”
On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 7pm, Arundel Books hosted a reading from Cascadian Zen. Two of the books three editors...
Watch the CPF7 Sunday closing readings! On October 8, 2023, we closed Cascadia Poetry Festival 7 with a viewing of the...
In the third and final part of an October 22, 2023 interview Robert Bringhurst, he talks about blister rust, how bioregionalism is an antidote to bad politics and other subjects connected to his 55 page poem The Ridge,
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Listen to the CPF7 After Party readings! Following our multiple Cascadia Poetry Festival 7 presentations on Saturday,...
Watch the CPF7 Saturday Night Readings! To close out our second day of Cascadia Poetry Festival 7, poet, teacher,...
Highlights from the Cascadian Zen Vol. I Mini Tour! In celebration of the release of Cascadian Zen Vol. I published by...
Watch the Cascadia Poetry Festival 7 Eco-Poetics Panel! On Saturday, October 7, 2023, we held the Eco-Poetics talk...
Watch the CPF7 Poetics of De-Colonial Cascadia Video! On Saturday, October 7, 2023, we followed the Empty Bowl Press...
Seattle-based poetry nonprofit Cascadia Poetics Lab is engaged in multiple celebrations throughout the Cascadia bioregion to celebrate the release of their poetry anthology Cascadian Zen Vol. I, published by Watershed Press. After a successful event at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA on Monday December 4, 2023; the current calendar of launch events includes Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA on December 7; Winekraft Wine Bar in Astoria, OR on December 8; Time Enough Books in Ilwaco, WA on December 9. All of these events are open to the public!
The Ridge is a poem in 20 parts, a meditation on a geological feature of Quadra Island, a large island in British Columbia, just north of the Strait of Georgia, and thus the Salish Sea. But the poem is also a meditation on what’s happening on the island and on the planet we share in what’s been described as devastating imagery. I would add that it’s a meditation on the human species as well, at this time in the early Anthropocene.
Robert Bringhurst is the author. Trained initially in the sciences at MIT, he makes his life in the humanities from his home on Quadra Island, where he’s worked in poetry, Native American linguistics and typography. An officer of the Order of Canada, former Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. He’s our guest today to talk about The Ridge. Robert, thanks for your time and hospitality.
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Watch the CPF7 Empty Bowl Press Panel! On Saturday, October 7, 2023, we opened our second day of the 7th Cascadia...