by Paul Nelson | Mar 20, 2018 | POPO
The launch of 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards, an anthology that was ten years in the making is finally happening in the Bay Area THIS WEEKEND! Ina Roy-Faderman has worked tirelessly to help create this book and set up these readings and I am looking forward to...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to be part of the Ellensburg Poetry Prowl, April 7, 2018, in downtown Goatburg. (Does anyone call it that anymore?) A tribute to Langston Hughes, there are three days of events, but my participation is featured: 4-4:45pm: •Gallery One, 408 N Pearl...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the effort to catalog all the programs done during the days in which I syndicated a weekly public affairs radio program, the latest gem I have re-discovered is a 2001 interview with poet Lewis MacAdams. The original listing for the hour version of the...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
A participant in an open mic recently mentioned how important such spaces are now in our culture, with such political unrest and division. She could have also mentioned the ecological crisis we’re experiencing, or the violence that’s becoming routine, as...
by Paul Nelson | Feb 22, 2018 | POPO
Upcoming gig alert! 11am, March 24, 2018: Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA. Join us for a celebration of the publication of 56 Days of August (Five Oaks Press) – readers will include participants in the yearly August Poetry Postcard Festival, Tupelo...