Author Archives: Splabman

About Splabman

Paul Nelson is founder of SPLAB (Seattle Poetics LAB) in Seattle, the Cascadia Poetry Festival and the August POetry POstcard Fest (PoPo). He wrote a collection of essays, Organic Poetry & a serial poem re-enacting the history of Auburn, WA, A Time Before Slaughter (shortlisted for a 2010 Genius Award by The Stranger.) He’s interviewed Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Wanda Coleman, Anne Waldman, Sam Hamill, Robin Blaser, Nate Mackey, Eileen Myles, George Bowering, Diane di Prima, Brenda Hillman, George Stanley, Joanne Kyger & many Cascadia poets, has presented his poetry and poetics in London, Brussels, Qinghai and Beijing, China, Lake Forest, Illinois and other places & writes an American Sentence every day. www.PaulENelson.com

Judith Roche, Rest in Power

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Splabman

I was saddened to hear the news via Facebook that Judith Roche died at her home in Seattle’s Leschi neighborhood tonight. (Thursday, November 14, 2019). I had a chance to visit her last week and she was not able to … Continue reading →

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Interview with Beat Nun Mary Norbert Körte (Oct 25, 2019)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Splabman

The second interview with former Catholic Nun Mary Norbert Körte was conducted by your humble narrator on Friday, October 25, 2019. While the woodstove fire crackled in the background, she elaborated on her family because she felt that she had … Continue reading →

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Interview with Beat Nun Mary Norbert Körte

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Splabman

She made a splash as “the nun” at the 1965 Berkeley Poetry Conference, where she engaged Jack Spicer about 30s union songs, considering them as poetry and had a spiritual (poetry) epiphany. Since the early 70s she’s been living off … Continue reading →

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