North Cascades Institute

May 27, 2021Christian Martin

I’ve been reading a lot of books about walking lately: rambling through pages that recount long saunters across lands familiar and foreign. The curriculum is reminding me …
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Dec 18, 2015Christian Martin

I’m fortunate to get to review books for various regional publications, most often in the Cascadia Weekly. I get the privilege and pleasure of being sent many …
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Nov 7, 2015Special Guest

“August on Sourdough, A Visit from Dick Brewer” Poem by Gary Snyder from The Back Country; a reading by Rob Rich You hitched a thousand miles north …
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Jan 1, 2015Christian Martin

As a book reviewer for the Cascadia Weekly, I pay close attention to what’s being published, with a special focus on books on regional topics, releases from regional publishers and …
Read More of Notable Environmental Books of 2014

Nov 12, 2014Christian Martin

Editor’s note: Gary Ferguson teaches a Nature Writing Workshop for the Chuckanut Writers program at WCC on Nov 18, 9:30-4:30, $75. Co-presented by North Cascades Institute, Ferguson …
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Feb 10, 2014Katherine Renz

North Cascade Institute’s graduate Cohort 13 recently hosted our annual Instructor Exchange with other students and teachers from IslandWood and the Wilderness Awareness School. As part of …
Read More of On the Lookout for Unalloyed Pleasure: Poets in the North Cascades circa 1950s

Dec 31, 2013Katherine Renz

Seconds past midnight, all bubbles and kisses. December’s fading moments transition into the cacophony of January, offering an annual reincarnation, ushering in a fresh year of open-ended …
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Nov 19, 2013Special Guest

Guest post by Tim McNulty Longtime Institute writing instructor, naturalist and poet Tim McNulty will travel from his home on the Olympic Peninsula to Village Books in …
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Mar 4, 2013Special Guest

At the far end of a trip north In a berry-pickers cabin At the edge of a wide muddy field Stretching to the words and cloudy mountains, …
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Oct 9, 2012Special Guest

By Holly Hughes Editor’s note: Holly is co-leading the October 12-14 workshop “Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence” at the Learning Center — only …
Read More of Practice, Practice, Practice: Writing and Meditation in the North Cascades