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PAUL E NELSON

Theodore Roethke, 1st Cascadia Poet

I had the good fortune to interview Bill Barillas on The North American Sequence of Theodore Roethke. Sam Hamill told...

12 Stringed Mind in the Place of Sand Imbolc 2026 DaySong @ Poetry Bridge

I've been fortunate to have been offered featured readings over the last few years at Poetry Bridge, which happens at...

Ralph Towner 1940-2026

One of my greatest disappointments in life is that I never saw Ralph Towner in concert. He died today in Rome. There...

Celebration of Koon Woon

On Wednesday night at C&P Coffee Company in West Seattle, longtime Seattle poet and publisher Koon Woon was...

Paul E Nelson Blog

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APPF13 Update

As of this writing there are 424 participants for the 13th August POetry POstcard Fest. Registration for 2019 ended...

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Sons & Daughters

Huge thanks to SPLAB Board Member and EasySpeak Seattle founder Peter Munro for tipping me off to a new journal named...

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Zhang Er Interview

A year after Sam Hamill’s death, in what might be his last book blurb, he writes: “Zhang Er brings us startling...

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