by Paul Nelson | Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Imagine growing up a poet in a state like Wisconsin and having to travel to Colorado to learn about the work of Lorine Niedecker, and furthermore to have one’s own consciousness changed by engagement with her work. Niedecker’s work, since her death in 1970, has...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
With my friend, the poet Samar Abulhassan, I’ll be typing spontaneous poems on demand for people attending the Seattle Art Museum’s popular Remix, Friday, March 29, 2024 from 7-10pm. Really, this should be epic. & if you have not seen the current...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Lesley University COS 24 happens March 29, 2024 and I will give a talk on my graduate education and what has developed since then. COS stands for Community of Scholars and I am proud to be one, proud of what I did at Lesley and delighted with where it has led me. You...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
The last time we reported on Bill Porter (aka: Red Pine) we had traveled to his Port Townsend home for an interview. See: https://paulenelson.com/2019/10/14/red-pine-bill-porter-interview/ Now he’s the subject of a documentary film: DANCING WITH THE DEAD: Red...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Thanks to poetry hermano Raul Sanchez, I’ll be facilitating my Poetics as Cosmology this summer in the North Cascades and you are welcome to hang out. The place is Holden Village. “Over the course of more than 60 years, Holden Village has been transformed...
