by Paul Nelson | Mar 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I read with some amusement poet CA Conrad’s Facebook status complaining about a request that he offer “Trigger Warnings” before he gives a poetry reading. The update: Of course smart ass that I am, I left the comment: Trigger is a horse....
by Paul Nelson | Mar 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was given a charge by Michael McClure when I started my graduate work as an independent study student in 2004. He said to not limit my search to the U.S. Taking his advice turned me on to poets like Jose Kozer, the TISH poets of Vancouver, BC and to organizing...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The man known by many as Beaver Chief came from a long line of Indian Doctors. In this interview I did with Beaver Chief, recorded in August 1998, he discussed his incarceration, his belief that the Northwest is known by Indian leaders all over the continent as the...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m still thinking about the notion of how Seattle, with its strong commitment to reading and literacy, has never birthed an innovative movement in writing. In my last post I wrote:Seattle has been a conservative poetry town without any innovative movements indigenous...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
With the AWP Conference just concluded in Seattle, I had many opportunities to see my home through the eyes of others, be a guide to the best of what’s here, the cultural mores and to even feel defensive about those who would have a jab or two at this, my city....
