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AWP Off-Site Events

AWP Off-Site Events

The AWP Conference is in Seattle again (March 8-11) and 10,000 writers are expected to be in Seattle for the proceedings. (Come say hello to the Cascadia Poetics Lab at the bookfair table T1427.) We are involved in at 5 off-site readings that merit your consideration:...
I Sing the Salmon Home

I Sing the Salmon Home

I’m delighted to have work in the new anthology curated by the outgoing Washington Poet Laureate Rena Priest. A postcard poem from 2022 was selected and I got this note from the publisher, Empty Bowl Press:…We will have some early copies of the book for...
Holly J. Hughes Interview

Holly J. Hughes Interview

Holly Hughes is the author of Hold Fast, Sailing by Ravens, coauthor of The Pen and The Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World, and editor of the award-winning anthology, Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease. Her fine art chapbook, Passings,...
Blue Rivers Writers Gathering

Blue Rivers Writers Gathering

I once attend the the Blue River Writers Gathering, a biannual gathering at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest whose purpose, according to their website, is: to take counsel from each other and from the forest, to deepen our sense of community with other writers and...

Blue River Writers Gathering 2016

So much to share with the preparations for the 4th Cascadia Poetry Festival Nov 3-6, with the last day of our fundraising campaign to install a modest plaque to honor the memory of Denise Levertov and an incredible experience as part of the 6th Blue River Writers...