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 Zach Charles | Dec 12, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
“The first pew in the old time Black church is the Moaners’ bench.” – Gary Copeland Lilley Artificial intelligence and it’s racist assumptions suggests “mourners’ bench” as a clarification, but the moaners’ bench...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 1, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
On March 27, 2025, Winter in America (Again was featured at an off-site AWP reading at Cal State Los Angeles! Co-editors Paul Nelson, Roxi Power and Katie Sarah Zale were joined by readers Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Susanne Dyckman, JP Howard, Holly Hughes, Robert...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 23, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, News
Highlights from the Cascadian Zen Vol. I Mini Tour! In celebration of the release of Cascadian Zen Vol. I published by Watershed Press, Cascadia Poetics Lab embarked on a mini-tour of readings and presentations in Washington and Oregon in early December. The mini-tour...
by Veronica Martinez | Nov 20, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Watch the first night of CPF7! On Friday, October 6, 2023, we opened our 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival with amazing readings from Gary Copeland Lilley, Jan Zwicky, Tim McNulty and Robert Bringhurst. David Griggs was the moderator, with Cate Gable as the emcee for the...
