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PAUL E NELSON

AWP Readings

AWP Readings

I am delighted to participate in two readings at AWP which in L.A. this year. One is at the Asterism booth, #750, Thursday, March 27 at 11am. Asterism has picked up much of the slack of SPD’s demise. Asterism distributes books by Watershed Press and the Cascadia...
Imbolc 2025 Dharma Position Daysong

Imbolc 2025 Dharma Position Daysong

I feel very fortunate to have successfully navigated another daysong, a day-long poem writing ritual. I set aside Imbolc 2025 to write, as that pagan holiday (& celebration of return of the light) fell on a Saturday this year. For this poem, I leaned heavily on...
Anne Tardos The Always Already Absent Present

Anne Tardos The Always Already Absent Present

What a joy to interview Anne Tardos about her new book The Always Already Absent Present. The audio is online thanks to Zach Charles and here is the video, recorded March 4, 2025. My introduction: The number 7 according to one numerologist, “is both deep and wise… not...
Stephan Torre

Stephan Torre

One of the great joys in participating in the recent Cascadia: A Braided Land event at UBCO was meeting 84 year old Northern Cascadia poet Stephan Torre. With roots in Big Sur back in the days before Esalen and knowledge of (& friendship with) some of the Black...