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Interview with Harold Rhenisch on The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle

Harold Rhenisch interviewed by Paul E Nelson about The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle.

Wanda Coleman on American Sonnets

  Wanda Coleman, born in Los Angeles, was an award-winning poet,...

Interview with Jane Falk and Mary Paniccia Carden on the book Joanne Kyger: A Poet in Place and Time

Jane Falk and Mary Paniccia Carden are co-editors of the anthology Joanne Kyger: A Poet in Place and Time, a new book of essays examining the work of the longtime Bolinas, California resident poet. Conducted October 5, 2024.

Press Release: CASCADIA POETICS LAB TO HOST POSTCARDS FROM MAPES CREEK EVENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2024Contact: Paul E. Nelson,...

Wish You Were Here (Drew Myron)

It’s postcard season, and I’m ready! Once, a young friend went to Europe....

Bonus for Non-U.S. Poetry Postcard Fest Participants

Bonus for non-USA Poetry Postcard Fest participants in 2024 for the 18th iteration of the event which starts July 4, 2024.

Robert Michael Pyle Interview

Bob met me at the retro Atomic Motel and we talked for over an hour about his new book, the poems in it, his childhood, bioregionalism, his trip to Cuba, Vladimir Nabokov’s notion via biographer Brian Boyd of “attending to the individuating detail” of one’s life (an upgrade from the same notion I’ve gotten from Blake and Pound) and his general “thing” “close attention to the natural world.” It’s the June 2024 Cascadian Prophets podcast:

Poetry & Posole

Poetry and Posole Cascadia Day Celebrate the power of the natural world...

Mapes Creek Blessing

Some photos and notes from the April 27 2024 Blessing of Mapes Creek facilitated by the Cascadia Poetics Lab in Rainier Beach.

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Cascadia Poetics LAB was known as SPLAB prior to September 2021. Here you will find past SPLAB blog articles going back to 2009.

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SPLAB @ 27

It was just 27 years ago on this date that the organization now known as SPLAB was registered with the State of Washington as a non-profit organization.

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After August Ends

POPO, the August POetry POstcard Festval was designed in part to give participants a sense of how to compose poetry...

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Easy Speak Open Mic and Theresa Whitehill

SPLAB is honored to partner with Easy Speak Seattle to present a night of open mic poetry and featured reader Theresa Whitehill, from Ukiah, CA on Monday, August 24 at 7:30 via Zoom. This event is supported by Poets & Writers.

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From Bill O’Daly

Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:07 PM Dear Friends, I am very pleased to announce that—at long last—I have a Web site focusing...

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From Melanie Noel

Hello, hear ye hear ye,  Dear you,   This is a little embarrassing, but I'm here to announce that my first book clomid...

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