Join us for a special outdoor event at
People's Park, one of several wilder areas of downtown Spokane, to celebrate the
Cascadia Field Guide, an anthology that “brings together art, poetry, and stories holding scientific, sensory, and cultural knowledge to celebrate and illuminate Cascadia, the diverse ecoregion stretching from Alaska’s Prince William Sound to Northern California and from the Pacific Coast to the Continental Divide." Participants will take a guided walk with poets
Derek Sheffield,
Andrew Gottlieb,
CMarie Fuhrman, Maya Jewell Zeller, Kathryn Smith, and
Elizabeth Bradfield. The poets will stop for readings at each being they encounter that's referenced in the
Cascadia Field Guide: Ponderosa Pine, Raven, Steelhead, Sagebrush, Coyote, Bald Eagle, Caddisfly...and who knows, maybe even a Black Bear or Western Rattlesnake! At each stop, the poets will read a poem and discuss the ecology as well as the nature of our artistic field guide. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to celebrate the beauty of our natural world with
Cascadia poets! *Attendees should meet in the
People's Park Parking Lot 15 minutes before the event begins. This parking lot is small, so we recommend arriving early and carpooling if possible.
This event is free and open to the public, no tickets required. *Attendees should meet in the High Bridge Park parking lot 15 minutes before the event begins.We would like to thank Western Colorado University's MFA in Creative Writing for their sponsorship of this event. Click here to learn more about Western and their MFA program, which offers four unique concentrations: Genre Fiction, Nature Writing, Poetry, and Screenwriting for Feature Film and Television. Surveys help our program obtain critical grant funding. Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete our survey after you've attended any of our events! If you enjoyed your experience and want to donate to our program, please use this link!
