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PAUL E NELSON

Sam Hamill on Why Poetry Matters

I re-posted this interview on this website and it’s gotten about 200 hits and will be translated into Spanish by Hamill’s translator, Esteban Moore. An excerpt: The editor of Copper Canyon Press for over 30 years, author of over 40 books of poetry and...

Organic Poetry Essays

I’ve been migrating my Org Po essays from OrganicPoetry.org to this site. This was the introductory page to the essays on that site. Comments are welcome. A book is coming out in 2012 from Apprentice House: Organic Poetry Essays These essays were first created...

How George Bowering Writes Books

I never get tired of George Bowering. Some people say writing about writing is boring. They’re usually right, but Bowering’s writing on writing is fascinating. Take this bit excerpted from his new book How I Wrote Certain of My Books (Toronto ON: Mansfield...

Hoarse #5 Release Party

I will be reading: HOARSE When Sunday, December 18, 2011 Time 7:00pm until 12:00am Where The Snug Room @ College Inn Pub, 4006 University Way NE, Seattle, WA Description The 5th release of HOARSE is here and will be celebrated the coziest, most professory room in the...