No Irritable Reaching poetry reading Off-Site AWP March 10, 2023 Roxi Power, Paul E Nelson, un-indicted co-conspirators
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.
AWP Off-Site Events
AWP Off-Site readings with Seattle Poets
Richard Atleo at Seattle U
CPL Board Member Jason Wirth has arranged for Dr. E. Richard Atleo to speak at Seattle U. This is a remarkable...
Earth Day Cleanup of Chinook Beach Park
It has the potential to be quite a place to experience Seattle at its best. Right on Lake Washington, with views of...
Workshop Registration Open
The next round of online workshops happen March 3 – April 7, 2022 with five Thursday sessions from 4-6pm. The workshops started during the pandemic and were geared for people who have participated in the Poetry Postcard Fest, or for those who wanted a better sense of the theory and practice of spontaneous composition.
Wah, Whitehill, Lashley
Video of the Imbolc 2022, Lunar New Year – Year of the tiger reading with Fred Wah, Theresa Whitehill and Robert Lashley.
Upcoming Founding Supporters Reading
CPL Founding Supporters reading, Monday, January 31, 2022 at 6pm with Fred Wah, Theresa Whitehill and Robert Lashley via Zoom. Also Sharon Thesen’s Zoom reading for SICA-International Zoomuse Poems for Peace, Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 11am PST.
Barbara Johns on Kenjiro Nomura
The paintings of Kenjiro Nomura are featured at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, Washington and a new book by art historian Barbara Johns, Kenjiro Nomura, American Modernist: An Issei Artist’s Journey, is the topic of discussion.
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Fred Wah Interview (The Simple, MHT)
BC poet Fred Wah talks about his lecture The Simple, as well as the concept of serial poetry and his Music at the Heart of Thinking.
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Cascadia Poetics Lab Supports Open Books
Open Books is moving to Pioneer Square and needs your support
Seriality (A 2022 Workshop:
In this workshop we take the methods and the organismic stance toward poetics (& life) and continue to investigate...
Sharon Thesen Testimonial
We had a remarkable and deeply soulful Founding Supporters reading last night, Friday, November 5, 2021. Huge thanks...
Poems for Peace with Andrew Schelling
Andrew Schelling reads for the SICA-USA ZOOMUSE POEMS FOR PEACE.
Founding Supporters Reading
We are delighted to present four master poets for our Founding Supporters, those who have contributed at least $100 to...
Poetry Postcard Fest: A Tribute to di Prima and McClure
Registration for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest ends July 18, 2021.
Poetry Postcard Fest Orientation
An orientation for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest via Zoom, Saturday, June 19, 2021, 10am PDT.
New SPLAB Board Members
Two new members of the SPLAB Board of Directors. A treasurer is still needed on the board.
Cate Gable on Police Poetry
SPLAB's own Cate Gable, intrepid columnist for the Chinook Observer, observes the (ahem) "poetry" of the Minneapolis...