by Zach Charles | Jan 19, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everybody. I am writing to you today from an intersection of many identities, several of which I think bear presentation on a day like today in a time like the one we find ourselves currently confronted with. I am writing to you as a...
by Veronica Martinez | Oct 30, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
From Cascadia 2050 member Zach Charles: On Thursday, October 16, after a long day of teaching middle schoolers, I had the pleasure to continue working with the future of our Cascadian communities at Cascade K-8’s literacy night. I was joined by a variety of...
by Veronica Martinez | Aug 30, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
The weekend of August 21-24, Paul Nelson and 3/4 of the Cascadia 2050 crew embarked on a journey to Cumberland, British Columbia for the Rain Shadow Poetry Festival! The first night of the festival, we celebrated the release of poet and CPL friend Lorin Medley’s...
by Zach Charles | Mar 16, 2025 | CPL 2050
On Wednesday, February 26, I had a great time at Baba Yaga in Pioneer Square, Seattle celebrating the launch of Disposable Parts second edition. It was incredibly cool to participate as a vendor alongside many different artists. Painters of multiple varieties, resin...
by Zach Charles | Mar 8, 2025 | CPL 2050
On Sunday, 23 February, 2025, Brazilian poet Flávia Rocha launched her new book, Nature Talk, published by Carbonation Press, on Zoom with poets and an audience from around the world. I was grateful to participate with other Carbornation Press authors, reading poetry...
by Veronica Martinez | Mar 4, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
On February 21, 2025, Zach Charles and I (Veronica Martinez) visited Seattle University to talk about Cascadia 2050, CPL’s youth initiative, to one of Professor Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs’ poetry courses. The class had about 20 undergraduates attending. We...
