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On this year’s Cascadia Day, we have some news. It’s been a challenging few months for all of us here in the Pacific Northwest. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn have had profound affects. Many people are out of work, numerous businesses have closed–and some may not re-open.… Read more

Fault Lines: Talking with Kristen Millares Young

Seattle writer Kristen Millares Young talks about her debut novel Subduction, creating deeply complicated characters, how identity and place are intertwined, the problematic nature of memory, and the need to preserve elders’ stories during a pandemic. Read more

Two poems

Two poems by Kelli Russell Agodon celebrate the small details in the natural world that manage to glimmer in spite of climate change, wildfires, and anxiety about the future. Read more

Get Outside! Kanaskat-Palmer State Park

On this easy, all-season hike, explore the mouth of Washington’s Green River Gorge, walk beside frothing river rapids, and be prepared to spot birds and wildlife. Read more

Cascadian Zen: An interview with Jason Wirth

Seattle philosopher, writer and Zen priest Jason Wirth talks with Paul Nelson about bioregionalism, paying attention, approaches to the climate crisis, and the spiritual significance of Steller’s jays. Read more

Part of My Body: A Conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch

Portland based writer Lidia Yuknavitch talks about living in the margins, queerness, how the Northwest landscape influences her work, bodies in motion, and being a book bitch. Read more

Cascadia This Week, Jan. 24, 2020

Why haven’t wolverines been declared an endangered species? Conflict simmers over BC LNG pipeline, Oregon students’ climate lawsuit rejected, WA legislator accused of domestic terrorism refuses to step down, what does Seattle owe Native people, fiction by Rachel Rose & poetry by Gabrielle Bates. Read more

Get Outside! Discovery Trail

This great all-season hike on Washington’s coast follows the route of explorer William Clark’s famous 1805 beach hike after venturing across the continent. The paved trail travels a forest bluff, skirts wetlands and features several unusual sculptures commemorating Lewis & Clark’s journey. Read more

Get Outside! Swan Lake & Christmas Hill

The Swan Lake and Christmas Hill trail near Victoria, BC is a lovely ramble any time of year, providing opportunities for bird watching, woodlands of Garry oak, and views of the Greater Victoria area from an easily attained summit. Read more

What a year for Cascadia Magazine!

In 2019, Cascadia Magazine published hard-hitting journalism as well as an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, essays, and photography. Plus, we received our first award and hosted a variety of public readings, talks, and panel discussions. Read more

Cascadia This Week, Dec 16, 2019

Squamish First Nation approves huge development project in Vancouver, Portland considers making transit free, the man from North Pender Island who watches vultures, Maya Jewell Zeller on being a writer who grew up in poverty, an essay by Kim Dhillon, and poetry by Alison Jennings. Read more

Get Outside! Old Mine Trail

This easy, all-season hike in Mount Rainier National Park offers a walk through a forest of massive old-growth trees, and a chance to explore the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. Read more

Cascadia This Week, Dec. 9, 2019

Cascadia Mag’s Writers + Artists event tomorrow evening, Dec. 10! OR raises business taxes for schools, learning about the fight for Yakama fishing rights, construction could start soon on BC pipeline, the refuge that is Seattle’s Kubota Garden, an essay by Janice Lee & poetry by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. Read more

Four poems

In four poems, Shankar Narayan looks at how his South Asian heritage makes him an outsider in the US–as he takes refuge in the traditional kurta, refuses to change his name, and goes to cut a Christmas tree. Paired with his work is art by Taiwanese/Cantonese American artist Monyee Chau. Read more

One of the Lies I Tell My Children

In two flash fiction pieces by Ruth Joffre, the Seattle author explores the fears and anxieties surrounding raising children–and the lies and narratives we spin out to cope with introducing them to a complicated world. Accompanying artwork by Seattle artist and illustrator Clare Johnson. Read more

Three poems

Three poems by Seattle-based poet Anastacia-Renee explore issues of the body, hunger, and writing as a single black mother. Featuring illustrations by Seattle artist Carol Rashawnna Williams. Read more

On Being a Reporter

In an essay filled with challenging bike commutes and jaded reporters, Kristen Millares Young writes of her days as a journalist at the Seattle P-I newspaper before its collapse, and her transition to a novelist after. Read more

Fish Warriors

Yakama Nation writer & poet Emily Washines and Portland-based photographer Intisar Abioto document native salmon fishing traditions on the Columbia River and the civil rights struggle 50 years ago to secure fishing rights. Read more

Nch’i-Wàna Núsux: The Fight for Yakama Nation Fishing Rights

At 7 pm, Tuesday, December 3, join us in the Heritage Theater at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish for a free public talk, photo slideshow, documentary screening, and discussion about Yakama Nation salmon fishing traditions and the civil rights struggle for fishing rights. Read more

Cascadia This Week, Nov 28, 2019

Cascadia This Week debuts! Court halts WA car-tab measure, evictions in BC highest in Canada, Portland fuel facility at risk in earthquake, Seattle DJ battles cancer, an exhibit of masks in Newberg, OR, an essay by Jónína Kirton, and poetry by Woogee Bae and Geoff Inverarity. Read more

Get Outside! William L Finley Wildlife Refuge

Oregon’s William L. Finley wildlife refuge offers year-round wandering through prairies, meadows, and oak forests that are home to more than 300 species of birds. Read more

Seattle Writers + Artists, December 10

Cascadia Magazine is proud to bring together four Seattle-based writers and four Seattle visual artists in an event that crosses genre boundaries on Tues. December 10 at Vermillion in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Read more

Settled/Unsettled

Resettle
to settle again
to start again
to begin all over again
A poem about the immigrant experience by Juliane Okot Bitek. Read more

Get Outside! Old Sauk River Trail

The Old Sauk River Trail in the foothills of Washington’s Central Cascades is an easy, gorgeous hike for all ages–and because of its low elevation, this riverside walk in generally free of snow all year round. Read more

Cascadia Daily, Oct. 28, 2019

Changes coming to Cascadia Daily & Cascadia Magazine + will new BC law benefit First Nations?, OR rep Greg Walden to retire, Vancouver transit workers may strike, sea urchins are devouring kelp beds, a new museum of Latinx culture and a report from Seattle’s Lit Crawl. Read more

Cascadia Magazine’s Fall Fund Drive

We can’t publish Cascadia Magazine without your help. Become a contributing reader during our Fall Fund Drive and show your support for great writing from the Pacific Northwest! Read more

Cascadia Daily, Oct. 24, 2019

Your guide to Vancouver Writers Festival and Seattle Lit Crawl + is Amazon’s attempt to buy a city council backfiring?, teens sue Canada over climate inaction, Cascadia coast hospitals not prepared for quake, a variety show created by OR prison inmates & art by Juan Alonso-Rodriguez Read more

Cascadia Daily, Oct. 21, 2019

Trudeau wins in Canada, but minority government may be good for BC pipeline opponents, US wants to log Alaska’s Tongass forest, can Columbia River dams survive a megaquake?, north California town returns land to tribe, Vancouver Book Award announced & visual poetry by Katrina Roberts. Read more

Cascadia Daily, Oct. 14, 2019

Yakama & Lummi Nations call for removal of three dams on the Columbia River, how BC riding mirrors Canada’s four-way federal election, Portland antifa activist killed in hit-and-run, controversy over WA grizzly reintroduction plan, 2019 Washington Book Awards, & poetry by Spokane’s Ellen Welcker. Read more

Get Outside! Enderby Cliffs

Enderby Cliffs in British Columbia’s north Okanagan country is an exhilarating hike to the top of striking cliffs with dizzying views. In autumn look for soaring raptors and golden western larches. Read more