Cascadia Field Guide: Reading and Discussion

Co-editors Elizabeth Bradfield and Derek Sheffield read from and discuss their popular recent release Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry.

Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry celebrates the diverse yet interconnected region that stretches from Southeast Alaska to Northern California and from the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide through natural and cultural histories, poetry, and illustrations. Organized into 13 bioregions, the guide includes entries for everything from cryptobiotic soil and the western thatching ant to the giant Pacific octopus and Sitka spruce, as well as the likes of common raven, hoary marmot, Idaho giant salamander, snowberry, and 120 more!

Both well-established and new writers are included, representing a diverse spectrum of voices, with poems that range from comic to serious, colloquial to scientific, urban to off-the-grid, narrative to postmodern. Likewise, the artists span styles and mediums, using classic natural history drawing, form line design, graffiti, sketch, and more. All writers and artists have deep ties to the region.