Imagine growing up a poet in a state like Wisconsin and having to travel to Colorado to learn about the work of Lorine Niedecker, and furthermore to have one’s own consciousness changed by...
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Cascadian Zen at Village Books April 21, 2024
We hope to see you at Village Books in Bellingham for a reading of Cascadian Zen. Sunday, April 21, 2024 from 2-4pm.
Deluxe Edition of Cascadian Zen Volume I
The first printing of Cascadian Zen Volume I: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here and Now has sold out and a deluxe edition is available. Proceeds from sales of these rare books will help fund the...
CPL at Mapes Creek (dxʷwuqʷəb)
The Cascadia Poetics Lab is thrilled to be working with a community group here in Rainier Beach that seeks to create greater awareness of e creek that comes out of the ground south of legendary...
Tessa Hulls Interview Feeding Ghosts
Tessa Hulls and I met when she donated a poster for the 2013 edition of the Allen Ginsberg Open Mic Poetry marathon. On February 20, 2024 I caught up with her on Zoom to discuss her first book, a...
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