Chris Vega
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Hello, Carlisle!
Goodbye snow, hello spring! Well, almost spring. As we await blue skies and warmer weather, we’re also saying hello to a new addition to the Blue Cactus Press team: Carlisle Huntington. Please join us in welcoming Carlisle to the literary fold as a much-appreciated publishing intern! Carlisle is a student at University of Puget Sound,…
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Live-Recording ft. José Olivarez & Britteney Black Rose Kapri
This March, the Prickly Pear Podcast welcomed poetry giants José Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri to Tacoma for a live podcast recording! José and Britteney joined our podcast host, Christina Butcher, and local poet Michael Haeflinger, for a chat about poetry, art and identity at King’s Books on March 20th. The live-recording was sponsored…
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¡The 2019 Lineup!
Before 2019 gets any further underway, Blue Cactus Press has a big announcement to make! In celebration of two fantastic years of publishing under our belt, we’re announcing our 2019 lineup of authors! Please join us in welcoming three phenomenal local artists, poets, and writers to the Blue Cactus Press family:
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Find Our Books in Seattle
We’re UBER EXCITED to announce our expanded distribution into the Seattle book market! You can now find Blue Cactus Press books at Open Books and Third Place Books. More specifically, you’ll find: Still Clutching Maps by Christina Butcher at Open Books: A Poem Emporium There Is No Other Way to Worship Them by Samuel Snoek-Brown at…
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Experimental Artist & Library Gangster, Nicole McCarthy
Put down the holiday cookies and pick up your headphones, friends, because we snagged an exclusive podcast interview with experimental artist Nicole McCarthy! Nicole is from the pacific northwest. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. Her work has been performed and encountered through installation pieces throughout Seattle & Tacoma. In this episode,…
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Samuel Snoek-Brown, Badass Women & Whiskey
Featuring Tacoma-based author and educator Samuel Snoek-Brown. Sam is the author of the new short story collection There Is No Other Way to Worship Them, the Civil War novel Hagridden and short-fiction chapbooks Where There Is Ruin and Box Cutters. He also serves as production editor for Jersey Devil Press. Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and…
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Kellie Richardson on the Mic
Featuring Tacoma Poet Laureate, educator, writer and collage artist Kellie Richardson. Kellie is also the badass creator and blogger of Brown Betty and author of What Us Is. In this episode, Kellie Richardson talks about her artistry and explains the importance of bringing your true self to the stage. And yeah, we gripe about changing neighborhoods and community…
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The Sh*t You Don’t Know About Creative Colloquy
Featuring Creative Colloquy founder, professional booze-slinger and freelance writer Jackie Casella. Listen in as we set the record straight about how Creative Colloquy got its start, dive into who (in the hell) Jackie Casella really is, and put a few people on blast. Oh, don’t think we forgot about all the rad CC events coming your…
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The Prickly Pear Podcast
It’s official! Blue Cactus Press now has a podcast, aptly titled The Prickly Pear Podcast. Each episode will feature interviews with creative people at the crossroads of artistic media. Lucky for us, Tacoma-based DJ JCDelaC created music exclusively for The Prickly Pear Podcast!