Chris Vega
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Virtual Book Launch & Reading Is a Go!
We’d like to invite you to join us on Monday, July 20 at 7PM, for a short, digital reading and book launch for Yousef Allouzi and Samuel Snoek-Brown! Both authors will read from and answers questions about their newly published chapbooks, which are launching the same day! REGISTER FOR THE EVENT (registration is required!) by…
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Tashawn Deville
Hello there. Its been a hell of a year so far, friends, but we’re doing our best to keep moving forward and to do so as community members with a standing responsibility to fight for social justice and ending institutionalized racism. In a beautiful synthesis of timing and energy, we just finished our newest podcast…
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Learning From My Garden in Four Colors
Learning From My Garden in Four Colors An essay by Tamiko Nimura Green Mid-March 2020, Washington state. Too anxious to even buy seeds. Too soon to plant seeds outside. I remember what I’d started a few years ago: my desktop garden. The ends of romaine heads, the tops of carrots, the bottoms of baby bok…
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Allyship in This Time of Civil Unrest
A note from the publisher, Christina Butcher Now is the time to stand up and support Black community members across the country in the fight against police brutality, systemic injustice and racism. Yes, this is a fight. And yes, we need to stand in solidarity as a community of supporters, allies and activists to ensure…
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Artist Interview: DJ Smokey Wonder
Yeah. A whole podcast episode of nothin’ but good-good music by one of our favorite, Tacoma-based musicians, DJ Smokey Wonder. Why? Because life is hard and sometimes it’s refreshing – and necessary – to participate in things that bring us joy and don’t expect a damn thing in return. So take a break from worrying…
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Cayote Speaks to Me by Gina Hietpas
Coyote Speaks to Me by Gina Hietpas So you want to know this place? Be up at dawn, when first light brushes the sky beyond the grove of madrones you call the seven sisters. Don’t whine. Learn by exposing yourself to the dark and cold. I sleep in the blackberry tangle edging the hayfield, my…
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New Logo!
Did you notice we updated our logo this month?! Doesn’t it look bad-ass AND beautiful??!! Well, we think so! We couldn’t be more delighted with our new logo, which we feel reflects our content and style much more than its (still lovely) predecessor. We made the logo shift earlier this month, after becoming completely obsessed…
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Now Offering: Poetry Workshop led by avery r. young
We’re pinching ourselves to make sure it’s really happening: avery r. young is headed back to Tacoma, and he’s holding a workshop with Blue Cactus Press, followed by a reading and book signing at King’s Books. Yup, definitely hapening. We’re excited to announce that on April 5th, Blue Cactus Press is welcoming writer, performer, educator…
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We’re Taking Pre-Orders!
That’s right, it’s officially time to pre-order your copy of our two newest poetry books: What Us Is by Kellie Richardson (Richardson’s debut poetry collection, newly re-published with BCP and sporting a swanky new cover design) Publication Date: March 1, 2020Price: $17.00Pre-order here What Us Is offers readers a glimpse into the head space of one…
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The Prickly Pear Podcast & Libro.fm are in cahoots!
Guess what, friends?! Libro.fm, our favorite independent audiobook platform, is our new podcast sponsor! Libro.fm is the first and only company which lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (we’re looking at you, King’s Books). When you sign up for Libro.fm, you can pick from more than 125,000 audiobooks, including New York…