by Paul Nelson | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
May 18 is Cascadia Day, because it is the anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.Bioregional journalist Andrew Engelson invited me to read at Vermillion, 1508 11th Avenue, May 18 at 7pm. Matt Trease, Rhea Melina and Nadine Maestas will be the other featured...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
How does one make literary art about this time in history, that avoids rhetoric and facile political positioning in this era of the spectacle? How does one avoid being consumed by the simultaneous collapse of so many systems — some being eviscerated by people in...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’m honored to be giving a talk/reading on the subject of: Theodore Roethke and the Birth of Cascadian Poetry on May 12, 2026. I have been invited by The Friends of Roethke organization. https://www.friendsofroethke.org/events/2026nelson The Friends of Theodore...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
04.20.26 for immediate release The Clyfford Still Museum Institute Residential Fellowship Program has announced its 2026 selections and named Paul E. Nelson as one of the Residential Fellows for the third cohort of the Program in Denver, CO. The residency takes place...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
I was a sophomore at Wright Junior College in Chicago in 1981, quite determined to be a professional broadcaster, listening to the progressive FM station that shaped my whole cosmology when a song so compelling came on, that when I had arrived at my parking spot, I...
