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...
by Paul Nelson | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
I got this today:Pacific Ancient and Modern Language AssociationTuesday, May 12, 2026Dear Paul Nelson,I hope this email finds you well. I’m writing to invite you (and your colleagues or graduate students; if you can help by spreading the word, that would be great) to...
