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PAUL E NELSON

Vodou Visions (Sallie Ann Glassman)

In an interview recorded on June 12, 2000, Sallie Ann Glassman, a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess and author of: Vodou Visions: An Encounter with Divine Mystery, discussed Vodou, its history as a religion created by African slaves, its power,  common misunderstandings about...

Give Wanda Coleman some Breathing Room

In an interview I recorded on November 26, 2000, poet, essayist, activist, literary presence Wanda Coleman talked about the treatment of artists in USAmerica. She lamented the kinds of things poets have to do to make ends meet, activities often antithetical to their...

American Exceptionalism and Charles Potts

I woke up this morning to find a person with the handle “Florida Cracker” was following me on Twitter. I clicked through to see his website filled with the notions of the remnants of “Manifest Destiny” and American Exceptionalism.”...

Rudy Ryser, The Center for World Indigenous Studies

On this Thanksgiving Day 2012, as I continue to digitize the SPLAB audio interview archives, I feel it fitting to present Dr. Rudy Ryser, Chair of the Center for World Indigenous Studies in Olympia, Washington. While I resonated quite deeply with the message Dr. Ryser...