by Paul Nelson | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was excited to see a chapbook with such a provocative title. Magdalena Zurawski is the author and is currently Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, where she directs the Creative Writing Program. The new chapbook was...
by Paul Nelson | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Diane di Prima, August 6, 1929-October 25, 2020 I first learned of Diane di Prima as an actress. She played the part of Lula in the play The Dutchman by Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka). It remains the only play or movie I’ve ever wanted to do myself. This was long...
by Paul Nelson | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Such sweet testimonials are coming in from participants in the recent Poetics as Cosmology course I facilitated, Oct-Nov 2020: Paul E. Nelson’s “Poetics As Cosmology” course begins in a completely astounding way with a poem by Ed Dorn, “My...
by Paul Nelson | Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
One can look at one’s Twitter feed, or watch the news to understand how dark things are right now in USAmerica, but if the old cliché is true, that it is darkest before the dawn, we’re in for a transformation. Two religious academic professionals are working to bring...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Serialty (A Workshop) four weeks, February 7-28, 2021 via Zoom. $128.50 ($94 for Canadians) (includes paypal fee) to pen@splab.org. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/splabman In this workshop we will move from the materials shared in Poetics as Cosmology and begin to...
