Cascadian Zen: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here and Now

by Paul E. Nelson (Editor), Jason M. Wirth (Editor), Adelia MacWilliam (Editor)

What is the nature of the bioregion known as Cascadia? How is this insight expressed by the people who live, work, practice, and play here? Is there a connection between Zen practice, broadly construed, and the Cascadia bioregion? If so, what is it? Who have been the teachers in the relatively short time that Zen has been known in this bioregion? What role does water play here, more so than in other bioregions and what implications does that have for the people who live here, for their practice?

It is these questions, and other questions brought on by these, that we seek to explore in the work Cascadian Zen, edited by Tetsuzen Jason Wirth, Paul E Nelson, and Adelia MacWilliam, with Theresa Whitehill, and published in October 2023 with a launch at the Cascadia Poetry Festival in Seattle, Oct 6-8, 2023. The volume features poetry, essays, artwork, and interviews, bringing together nonfiction, poetry, and translations that explore expressions of Zen within the Cascadia bioregion.

The idea for this project grew out of many iterations of the Cascadia Poetry Festival hosted annually by the Seattle Poetics Lab (SPLAB, now Cascadia Poetics Lab). The collection is wide-ranging in geographic scope.

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Published January 1, 2023

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Reviews

[Bryan Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I savored the experience of my journey through this collection of creative explorations of a bioregional moral ecology and ethics of place. Following tributaries to drink more deeply from bioregional sources both new and familiar. Feeling inspired and invigorated in my own practices of inhabiting life in the context of place and "practice of the wild."

While certainly not definitive, perfect, or exhaustive, this collection is an incredible reflection of, and contribution to, Cascadian culture.