by Danielle Champíet As I recline on my couch reading Things That Can and Cannot Be Said by John Cusack and Arundhati Roy, the binding creased and cracked from the multiple times it’s been read, a headline pops up on my phone about the Trump-Ukraine investigation. A chill goes down my spine and I realize […]
by Danielle Champíet-Coronado Enjoying its fourth year, Poetry Moves celebrated with music, dance and much poetry at the Vancouver Community Library on April 28, 2019. A collaboration between Artstra (formerly Arts of Clark County) and C-Tran, the program is designed to promote art and artists throughout Clark County by displaying poetry on C-Tran buses. Dividing […]
by Danielle Champíet-Coronado April is National Poetry Month and what better way to celebrate it than with a state-wide tour of Washington’s cities and dramatically diverse countryside. Fortune was ours this eve as we were graced with a visit from author, activist and Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna. Meeting her was truly an […]
by Danielle Champíet-Coronado We were doubly blessed this month to have been treated to two great poets in one evening. Drawing one of our largest crowds, Emily Van Kley and Jon Lupin braved the elements and bad traffic to deliver vivacious and uproarious readings. It was an unforgettable evening. Emily Van Kley won the imaginary […]
by Danielle Champiet-Coronado Spring has finally come to Vancouver. Sorry Punxsutawney Phil but YOUR. TIME. HAS. PASSED! The spring fae have been busy at Barnes and Noble with flowers and critters warmly greeting those headed to the Starbucks Café. Buddha figurines and yoga mats adding a touch of Zen to the atmosphere. It’s always a […]
Fellow Writers, I still have a few spaces left in our weekend writing retreat exploring “The Practice of Writing” on Saturday-Sunday, April 6-7. We’ll share our ways into the practice of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction–as well as writing testimony, blessings, rants, and other forms of voting for the human project on Earth. We’re calling our […]
by Danielle Champiet-Coronado Tonight we paid tribute to two of the finest poets to have graced us in this lifetime; William Stafford and Mary Oliver. January 17th was William Stafford’s birthday and sadly, we lost Mary Oliver on that same day this year. I’m always fascinated at the ways life can take two souls and […]
The BEST news ever! We have a second chance to do it right, let’s not blow it America! Ignore the polls, the media blackouts, the lies, the so-called pundits and take Bernie Sanders to the general election. We must be an unstoppable force like a raging river and we can do it this time. BERNIE […]
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