CPL's Youth Committee to Host first Poetry event on October 18! The Cascadia Poetics Lab is happy to announce the creation of the Youth Committee, a committee designed to incorporate young,...
Cascadia Poetics LAB blog
Frank Abe on The Literature of Japanese-American Incarceration
“A few months after the entry of the United States into World War II, the Government of the United States without a shred of evidence of misconduct or disloyalty…” arrested 120,000 West Coast...
Register for Fall 2024 Workshops!
Register for Fall 2024 Workshops! Registration for Cascadia Poetics Lab Fall 2024 workshops is OPEN NOW! This fall, we welcome Matt Trease, poet and CPL board member, as a workshop instructor! The...
CPF8 to be hosted at the Richard Hugo House
CPF8 at the Richard Hugo House! This year, we are excited to be working with fellow Seattle literary arts organization The Richard Hugo House to host the main day of the 8th Cascadia Poetry...
Register NOW for the 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival!
Register now for Cascadia Poetry Festival 8! The 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival will be held November 1-3, 2024 at the Richard Hugo House, Spring Street Center and Newkam Vivarium at the Olympic...
Barry McKinnon Interview (from July 2015)
Barry McKinnon died in Prince George, BC, on October 30, 2023. Your humble narrator drove to Prince George in July 2015 to conduct an interview with one of the most underrated Cascadian poets ever....









