On January 1, 2026, a 34-year-old, immigrant, Muslim, democratic socialist mayor was sworn in to run the largest city...
Jan 2, 2026 Interview with Cornelius Eady on Proof
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Paul E Nelson Blog
New Edition of Entrance
As a contributor to En-trance Journal, I'm delighted to announce that an excerpt from my last interview with Sharon...
Cascadian Prophets 2025 Spotify Wrapped Stats
I was quite happy with the news from Spotify when I watched their 2025 Wrapped summary of the podcast stats for...
Andrew Schelling via Vidyā (in direct contact with rasa)
I've been granted permission from Andrew Schelling to post a small excerpt from his new book of Vidyā translations for...
Free Winter in America (Still Workshop
PAUL E NELSONDear Poet, WHAT: Free online poetry workshop WHEN: Today at 12N PST WHERE: PEN zoom WHY: Winter in...
CPL Wins Humanities WA Award
On October 30 the Cascadia Poetics Lab was one of 50 individuals/entities honored with the Humanities Washington...
DaySong Workshops
As you may know, for the last few years I have added a day-long ritual poem writing project to my array of practices....
Winter in America (Still call for work
Call for Poems/Prose/ArtI hope this finds you well despite this troubling political time. In response, the editors of...
Linda Russo on the verdant
As the planet heats up, many animal species are either headed north or going extinct. This makes the work of the poet...
Cultural, then Political
I'm honored when I can be of use, or my writing or interviewing or organizing inspires someone. The latest example of...
The Dawn of HATE Postcards
Never in my 19 years of being involved with the Poetry Postcard Fest would I have have thought someone would take the...
The Singing Bullets of Soft Secession
For three years now since Sept 2022, I have written a day-long poem in a ritual that I've come to call the DaySong....