by Paul Nelson | Jun 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Brenda Hillman has been such a great inspiration to me and supporter of my work, both via the Cascadia Poetics Lab and my own writing, that when she said I should apply to be part of the annual Community of Writers Poetry Program, I made plans to apply. I did, got...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
The revolution often starts with the poets. In the U.S., they are mentioned, then ignored. And so it goes in the “newspaper of record.” Yes, they wrote about the poets at the Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion, organized by Andy Engelson of the Cascadia Journal...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
We had a full house for the Flag Day 2026 online workshop for poets interested in making the most out of the summer Poetry Postcard Fest and the end of fest daysong, day-long writing ritual. We played a bit of a 2001 interview with Jerome Rothenberg discussing his The...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’m delighted to be part of a panel and performance at ScribFest, Saturday, June 20, at 10am. From the ScribLab website: “Scrib Fest brings PNW performance writers together for a weekend of professional development, artistic sharing, community building,...
by Paul Nelson | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune of being interviewed today by Xavier Cavazos for his class at Central Washington University. He prepared with some intelligent questions about poetry editing, curating anthologies and general poetics. It was natural and vigorous and he granted...
