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.
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.
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.
Cascadia Magazine’s Evening of Words & Ideas brings together local journalists, writers, and poets for a lively night of readings and discussion. Join us from 7-8:30 pm, Friday September 13 at The Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater in Seattle!
"Blood is the color that mixes late September.
It tints the concrete of a late sunset mass."
In striking imagery, Robert Lashley's poem imagines a mysterious savior who offers healing to a broken urban neighborhood.
"If you’re at the county hospital parked in the three-minute pull-out by that new clinic building, and the employee you’re picking up doesn’t come out, you see an opera. Verismo." Flash fiction by Seattle-based writer Valerie Trueblood.
In this short story by Matt Briggs, a man living in his Honda Accord appears outside the home of Maureen Hough, a teenager whose father works a blue-collar job and pays a mortgage on a home not far from Pacific Highway South. A timely story as Seattle faces a critical housing crisis it can't ignore.
Facing a crisis of drug overdose fatalities, Seattle is considering opening a safe consumption site. In Cascadia, Vancouver led the way 15 years ago and now allows safe injection sites across the city. Though controversial, the sites have a proven track record of reducing overdose deaths.
Scott Owens is one of more than 2,000 people living in their vehicles across Seattle. In vans and cars, this segment of the homeless population lives a fragile existence on the margins, finding it difficult to get access to bathrooms and showers--and always facing the possibility of eviction by police.
Michael Upchurch reviews Seattle-based author Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy," a novel about a good-hearted young man with two passions: books and garden care. It's a swift, engaging read with a wry sense of humor that faces a pertinent issue head-on: the inescapable trap of inequality in America.
