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...
CPF9 Panel 1 VIDEO!
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After Hurricane Melissa: Rebuilding the Kindred Community
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:...
Cascadia Poetics Lab wins a Humanities Washington Award!
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...
Vodou Visions with Sallie Ann Glassman
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...
Cascadia 2050 at Cascade K-8 Literacy Night
From Cascadia 2050 member Zach Charles: On Thursday, October 16, after a long day of teaching middle schoolers, I had the pleasure to continue working with the future of our Cascadian communities at...
CPF9 Friday Night Keynote Reading VIDEO
CPF9 Keynote Reading Video! On October 10, 2025 following concurrent breakout workshops, we started the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a keynote reading at the Rainier Beach Community Club. The...