Cascadian Prophets

Interviews with Cascadian creative luminaries about the practice of poetry and deepening connections to place, self and the present moment.

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Writing Resistance: Winter in America (Again Contributors

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Four contributors to Winter in America (Again discuss how they respond as writers without resorting to rhetoric or invective. The outrages, for any...

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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...