by Ryukan | May 31, 2015 | Blog
Bless Mary Ann Moore for her wonderful review of the new anthology of Cascadia Poetry Make It True. Dig: In Lowther’s poem, Nuu-chah-nulth, Good Advice, the decolonization of “my mind,” aligns very nicely with co-editor Paul Nelson’s introductory words about the...
by Ryukan | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog
Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia, published by Leaf Press, will be launched at VIU Friday, May 1st, at 7:30pm. This anthology is a collection of innovative and influential poets of Cascadia, the bioregion which stretches from Cape Mendocino in the south to Mt. St....
by Ryukan | Mar 1, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I am so envious of these four chapbooks and delighted they were gifts recently given to me. All from Cascadians and all quite worth while. Wikipedia (by way of the O.E.D.) says: “Chapbook is first attested in English in 1824, and seems to derive from the word...
by Ryukan | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
From Ursula Vaira of Leaf Press: Welcome to Overleaf, a chapbook manuscript competition which awards contracts to one Canadian and one international poet each year. Winners will receive 50 copies of their copies of their chapbook as well as publicity and $100.00 to...
by Ryukan | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog
Our IndieGoGo campaign has some WONDERFUL premiums, like bourbon (&/or tea) with translator Red Pine and sushi with Sam Hamill, among other things. Sponsors include: 4Culture 826 seattle Cascadia Community College Cascadia Now Central Co-op (Madison Market) Leaf...
