I think the first notion of land healing rituals came to me we hosted Diane di Prima at the old NW Spokenword Lab in Auburn November 1999. It might have been walking along the Stuck River when Diane...
Cascadia Poetics LAB blog
Cascadian Zen Audio from Vancouver Reading
The Cascadian Zen editors are on the road again. This Tuesday, (APR 30, 2024) at 6pm, we close out National Poetry Month in style with a reading at Broadway Books in Portland. Details here:...
Mapes Creek Multicultural Blessing April 27 9am
Since moving the world headquarters of the Cascadia Poetics Lab to Rainier Beach in July 2017, I have become enamored with Mapes Creek, or what the First People of this place called dxʷwuqʷəb -...
Poetry and Posole Fundraiser Event!
Celebrate Cascadia Day at our Poetry and Posole Fundraiser! On May 18, celebrate the power of the natural world and the magnificence of the Cascadia bioregion with us! In honor of the eruption of...
Upcoming Cascadian Zen Mini Tour!
Upcoming Cascadian Zen Events! The editors of Cascadian Zen Vol. I Paul Nelson, Adelia MacWilliam and Dr. Jason Wirth are embarking on another mini tour of readings within Cascadia. The first...
Interview with Bill Porter on the Film “Dancing With the Dead”
Here (below) is the audio version of my March 25, 2024 interview with Bill Porter on "Dancing With the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation." We talked about his life, the movie and the film...









