The 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest is over & ends with the second largest participation in 17 years. See stats here. We also added a project board to oversee the fest and improve the experience for...
2024 POSTCARD FEST REGISTRATION IS OPEN
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Cascadia Poetics LAB blog
Poet Spotlight: Tess Gallagher
Among the many influential Cascadian poets that we are excited to welcome to the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival on October 6-8 is the award winning Port Angeles poet and short story writer Tess...
Riding the FireWind
Top photo: Mckenzie River Fire, photo by Marcus Kauffman, Oregon Dept of Forestry, 9/8/20 —David McCloskey, © Sept 8, 2020 Prologue BC is burning, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, N California...
Riding the FireWind Raining Ash at the Oregon Coast Photos
Top photo: Smoke Shrouded Devil's Elbow SP, near Florence, Oregon Coast, photo by David McCloskey. This is one of the most beloved places on the wild Oregon Coast–on the bluff to the right (out of...
WHULGE: The Wheel of Waters
Image excerpted from McCloskey's map "The Ish River-Lillooet Country with The Salish Sea," 2021, available with its companion map of "Cascadia: A Great Green Land," 2023, from...
Interview with Stephen Thomas, Part 1
Before moving to Europe, Auburn, Washington native Stephen Thomas was quite active in the Seattle literary scene. He came back to Seattle (& other parts of the U.S.) to read from his new book...