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....
by Paul Nelson | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was chatting with Vancouver poet George Stanley about what he considered innovative in contemporary poetry. Without hesitation he said the book An Army of Lovers by Juliana Spahr and David Buuck was an example. Once home I ordered the book and saw that it was not...
