by Paul Nelson | Oct 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I loved hearing Michael McClure and Allen Ginsberg at Naropa in 1976. See: Allen Ginsberg & Michael McClure – 1976 Naropa “Retrospective” Reading and thinking that may have been the visit where Michael did his presentation on the Personal...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune to visit Bill Porter, the translator of ancient Chinese poetry and sacred texts, and interview him at his Port Townsend home on August 28, 2019. His latest books at the time were Cathay Revisited & Dancing with the Dead, Stonehouse’s...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nate Mackey tipped me off a few years ago to the work of Fred Moten and few months ago I came across a New Yorker article about a book Moten co-wrote with Stefano Harney entitled: The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study. I saw reference to it in Brenda...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m near the end of my week-long writing residency at Write On Door County. Postcard poet Sharon Auberle tipped me off to this writing center in the part of Wisconsin that sticks into Lake Michigan. After one day here I wrote: Write On Door County is a wildlife...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
my friend Jason Wirth is producing a couple of worthwhile events: Happiness & Spirituality How the concept of Gross National Happiness intertwines with Vajrayana Buddhism Lopen Gem Dorji (Gembo) Current Advisor and Former Secretary General of the Central Monk Body...
