Adelia MacWilliam of the Cascadia Poetics Lab writes in praise of the Cantos of Ezra Pound course facilitated by Andrew Schelling
In Praise of Andrew Schelling’s Course on The Cantos
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splab archive blog
Cascadia Poetics LAB was known as SPLAB prior to September 2021. Here you will find past SPLAB blog articles going back to 2009.
NW Dharma Association on Cascadian Zen
Cascadian Zen has received a wonderful reception from the regional Zen community. The Northwest Dharma Association published a blog post about the book. An excerpt:
The original idea for the book and Watershed Press came from a small, literary arts organization called The Cascadia Poetics Lab. It is based in the Rainier Beach neighborhood in Seattle—we celebrate our 30th anniversary in December 2023—and its mission is “Empowering people to practice poetry & deepen connections to place, self & the present moment.”
Robert Bringhurst The Ridge Interview Part 2
Through his books, I took lessons from Ezra Pound, who was a schoolmaster at heart and had a lot of things to say about what young poets should read and how they should read it. His politics were bonkers, but his ear was a good ear. I learned a lot from him and from others. But it dawned on me one day that my literary schooling had a gaping hole in the center. Except as a colonial construction, the land I was born in – the whole continent and hemisphere I was born in – was missing from this otherwise detailed map of the literary world. It was as if there were no Native American culture, no Native American literature – and I knew this to be false,
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Levertov Plaque
One of the most important poets ever to live and work in Seattle, Denise Levertov died in 1997. There is no mention of...
Pageboy Magazine Call
From PageBoy Magazine: PageBoy invites you to submit original work in any form on the theme "writers on writers."...
Nimrod Submissions
From the Nimrod Journal: Call for Submissions LEAVING HOME, FINDING HOME Home. It’s a concept that stretches across...
Open Books Open House
It is a rather remarkable thing to have in a city: an all-poetry bookstore. Cambridge, MA and Boulder, CO, are the...
August Poetry Postcard Fest
The Tenth August Poetry Postcard Fest is under way and there are a few good links to get caught up with how that is...
Bob Kaufman Documentary
From NW Film Forum: Hello Seattle Poetics LAB, We are reaching out to you about a rare Seattle presentation of And...
Give Big – Seattle Foundation, Cascadia Poetry Festival
For the first year SPLAB is participating in the Seattle Foundation's Give Big program. The Seattle Foundation was...
Pageboy Magazine Call
Deadline April 20! PageBoy Magazine, a local and renowned Seattle-area publication, is accepting submissions for its...
Colleen McElroy Reads at Columbia City Gallery
Who: Colleen McElroy What: Reading from Blood Memory Where: Columbia City Gallery 4864 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA 98118...
Inland Poetry
From Eugenia Hepworth Petty Dear Paul, The Inland Poetry website is finally complete! Please feel free to distribute...
WA State Poet Laureate in Columbia City
This from Jaye Ware: Important Event Post Washington State Poet Laureate Mr. Tod Marshall, appearing Columbia City...
Cascadia Reading/MOOC Celebration
Please join us Thursday, March 3, 2016, at 7pm for a reading and celebration of the six week Innovative Cascadia...
Rainier Valley Lit Crawl #3
Rainier Valley Lit Crawl #3 Consider attending the third iteration of the Rainier Valley Lit Crawl, which brings...
The Line Has Shattered Screening (Bothell)
From Jared Leising: During our second week of Innovative Cascadia Poetry, there will be another opportunity for people...
CPF4 Local Org Committee Forming
The 4th Cascadia Poetry Festival is set for November 3-6, 2016 at Spring Street Center in Seattle. Capacity of the...