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PAUL E NELSON

Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market

I am delighted to be part of the Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market, Saturday, December 5 from 11am to 3pm. Thanks to Ellen VanderWey, I’ll be displaying books at 8735 Hamlet Ave S, a couple of blocks from SPLAB World Headquarters. A Time Before...

Notes on Being Human Is an Occult Practice

I was excited to see a chapbook with such a provocative title. Magdalena Zurawski is the author and is currently Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, where she directs the Creative Writing Program. The new chapbook was...

Sharon Doubiago on Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima, August 6, 1929-October 25, 2020 I first learned of Diane di Prima as an actress. She played the part of Lula in the play The Dutchman by Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka).  It remains the only play or movie I’ve ever wanted to do myself. This was long...
Testimonials

Testimonials

Such sweet testimonials are coming in from participants in the recent Poetics as Cosmology course I facilitated, Oct-Nov 2020: Paul E. Nelson’s “Poetics As Cosmology” course begins in a completely astounding way with a poem by Ed Dorn, “My...