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  • Author Interview: Kellie Richardson

    We can’t keep Kellie Richardson’s book cover under wraps any longer! It’s too good to keep to ourselves, and the story behind it โ€“ and behind Kellie’s creative work in collage โ€“ is worth sharing. So, let us introduce you to The Art of Naming My Pain, a collection of prose, poetry and collage by…

  • Abby E. Murray’s Snack Pack PhD Regalia

    Abby E. Murray’s Snack Pack PhD Regalia

    That’s right, Blue Cactus Press snagged an interview with Abby E. Murray, award-winning author, educator, and the 2019 – 2021 Tacoma poet laureate! Abby joined us earlier this spring for a delightfully weird conversation about expensive-AF writing retreats, juggling balls and spinning plates, and figuring out how many snacks one can fit into their PhD…

  • Good-Ass Hot Chicken ft. Josรฉ Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri

    Good-Ass Hot Chicken ft. Josรฉ Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri

    Earlier this month, Blue Cactus Press sat down with poetry giants Josรฉ Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri for a live podcast recording at King’s Books! Josรฉ and Britteney joined The Prickly Pear podcast host, Christina Butcher, and local poet Michael Haeflinger, in a discussion about poetry, creative influences, and life as teaching artists and…

  • Live-Recording ft. Josรฉ Olivarezย & Britteney Black Rose Kapri

    This March, the Prickly Pear Podcast welcomed poetry giants  Josรฉ Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri to Tacoma for a live podcast recording! Josรฉ 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…

  • ยกThe 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:

  • 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…

  • Experimental Artist & Library Gangster, Nicole McCarthy

    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,…

  • Samuel Snoek-Brown, Badass Women & Whiskey

    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…

  • Kellie Richardson on the Mic

    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…

  • A Poetry Reading, Plain & Simple

    It may not be spring yet, but Blue Cactus Press is ready for a little pick-me-up (and we think you are, too)! So, in the hopes of luring warm weather and a few friends back onto our block, we’re invitingย  you to a poetry reading in Tacoma. Joinย  Nicole McCarthy and Christina Butcher for a…