splab archive blog

Josh Massey writing about meeting legendary BC poet Barry McKinnon

A note on the Cascadia Journal coverage of the Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion at Vermillion May 18 2026

News about Carletta Carrington Wilson: Object Lessons, Part of Handwork 2026 at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum, July 3 to September 20 with links to archive interviews Paul E Nelson conducted with Carletta.

Postcarding and DaySonging (A Workshop). In this session it will be a presentation of how the postcard fest developed, how the daysong developed, how I prepare for the fest and how participants attending prepare for the fest, as well as how to prepare for a successful daysong. The similarities of the daysong to serial poetry could be discussed, as well as the effort to put one’s self into the open, which has benefits in one’s own life.

Katie Sarah Zale on the case of incarcerated writer Kwaneta Harris and her prison conditions and the state of U.S. justice.

The Conversation Continues: A Gedenkschrift for C.J. Prince

Free Poetry Postcard Collage workshop and tour of Kubota Garden supported by 4Culture.

ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE and Jim Dott Read at Arundel Books on March 20 2026 hosted by Watershed Press

News about Poetry Postcard Activations in Rainier Beach, a new Rainier Beach Arts Roundtable and the recent CPL board decision to lay off all staff.

Poetry Postcard “Activations” with postcard collage-making materials, postcards, pens, scissors and a grid for the words that will go into the creation of a Personal Universe Deck for each park where we plan events.

Info on the tribute reading for Koon Woon, Seattle poet and publisher who is fighting stage four pancreatic cancer. C&P Coffee Company, 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136.

Spokane Memorial for Renee Nicole Good organized by Greg Bem

You’d expect poetry to be part of an event inaugurating such a figure and that the poem offered for the occasion would be bland, written by a committee, or full of platitudes, but the poem delivered yesterday matched perfectly the tone of a campaign that appears to be built on mutual respect, vision, human rights and empathy.