I was delighted to participate in the open mic called Poetry Bridge, Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the C&P...
Paul E Nelson Blog
Two Countries (Interview with Tina Schumann)
Two-Countries: US Daughters & Sons of Immigrant Parents is an anthology of flash memoir, personal essays, and...
Baptist Critique of Alabama “Christians”
I am not a regular browser of the Baptist News website, but thanks to a mild Twitter habit I cam across an article...
Anne Tardos Readings in Seattle
Anne Tardos, French-born American poet, is the author of ten books of poetry, and editor of three collections of...
Gary Snyder, Dōgen, Jason Wirth & Our Ecological Crisis
In August of 2017 I had the good fortune to be invited to a reading to celebrate a new book by Jason Wirth. A...
Insanely Concentrated Wealth is Strangling Our Prosperity
“Insanely Concentrated Wealth Is Strangling Our Prosperity” is the title of a recent article on a website that...
Brenda Hillman Interview (Letters on Fire)
I caught up with Brenda Hillman at her Northern California home August 4, 2017, and we had a lively discussion about...
Earshot Jazz Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Earshot Jazz is in full swing, no pun intended. Seattle's long-running annual festival is an orgy for the ears and...
Launch of 56 Days
The anthology 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards is out in the world and the three co-editors were among the poets...
Why Cascadia? Why Poetry?
I am re-publishing this on the day of the 5th Cascadia Poetry Festival in Tacoma, WA, at the Washington State History...
Death Rattle, Day One
This I posted on Facebook, but thought I should post here: The Death Rattle Writer's Festival Day One happened and...
Death Rattle, WA 129, Postcards, Cascadia Po Fest
It used to be that the summer in Seattle had very little in the way of literary arts events. When Labor Day weekend...

