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PAUL E NELSON

Colleen McElroy Interview

Colleen McElroy Interview

In the wake of the death of Colleen McElroy on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, we are re-posting this interview conducted in 2016. This interview will be part of the next book of transcribed interviews entitled Cascadian Prophets: Interviews 1999-2023 to be published...
Cascadian Zen Launch at Elliott Bay Dec 4, 2023

Cascadian Zen Launch at Elliott Bay Dec 4, 2023

I am thrilled to present Cascadian Zen at the legendary Seattle independent bookstore Elliott Bay Book Company, Monday, December 7pm (sharp) at 1521 Tenth Avenue in Seattle, WA. This will be the first time all three editors will be on the same stage to talk about the...
Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market

Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market

I’m delighted to again participate in the annual Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market on December 2, 2023, from 10AM – 3 PM. The address is 6038 S Pilgrim St., in Seattle, in Upper Rainier Beach off Waters. (The Metro’s 7 Prentice bus goes right by.) I...

Online Winter Workshops

The Zoom workshops we started in 2020, when we were already sick of the pandemic and not yet sick of Zoom, continue in their fourth year and frankly, I do not have the Zoom fatigue the mainstream media’s talking about. I think part of the reason for that is...
Barry McKinnon 1944-2023

Barry McKinnon 1944-2023

I am terribly saddened to report the death of Prince George poet Barry McKinnon. Barry and I, with Nadine Maestas and George Stanley edited the first anthology of Cascadia poetry Make it True: Poetry From Cascadia in 2015. Barry died on Monday, October 30, 2023 due to...