A couple years back I steered a kayak over the stone remnants believed to be of that dammed weir and felt the tears of Southwind and his grandmother that broke the spell of ice and separation. In a mo

When I said that what's good for general society is also good for poets, I'm talking about a series of cultural opportunities where a much wider stretch of people are allowed to take the opportunity t

To go back 30 years in one's writing is an exercise fraught with the possibility that the material is very dated, but this book, Cloudhand, Clenched Fist, by Rhea Miller, is a large exception.

Sam Hamill said Over the past decade or so, no one has done more for poetry in the Pacific Northwest than has Paul Nelson. With the Poetry Postcard Fest, now in its 19th year, that influence is spre

I am grateful today to bring you an interview with Anne Tardos on Cascadian Prophets, reading from and speaking about her newest book: The Always Already Absent Present.

An interview with Jewell James, Master Carver and Director of the Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office with the Lummi Nation

Sanskrit translations, a deep bioregional sense of place and homages to dead (mostly) poet friends makes Andrew Schelling's new book a compelling distillation of subjects hes been tracking for over 4

This interview with Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Letslo:tseltun was originally recorded in August of 2016, just before the first election of the 45th president of the United States of America. The conve

George Draffan is a researcher, the head of the Public Information Network and the co-author ofStrangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests. He discussed the tax subsidies to corporations who de

Harold Rhenisch interviewed by Paul E Nelson about The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle.