I caught up with Brenda Hillman at her Northern California home August 4, 2017, and we had a lively discussion about...
Brenda Hillman Interview (Letters on Fire)
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Paul E Nelson Blog
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...
Death Rattle, Postcard Panel, IndieGoGo Request
Some events of note for those interested in my work: Monday, October 2, 2017, I have been invited to read for the...
Cascadia in Cumberland
A comprehensive review of what I experienced in Cumberland, BC, at the first Cascadia Poetry Festival requires more...
Postcards Never End
Although the August Poetry Postcard Fest is over (it IS September after all) cards I sent out on the 31st have...
CPF-Cumberland
Cascadia Poetry Festival in Cumberland
In August 2014, I attended the Subud World Congress in Puebla, Mexico. It was my first World Congress and it was...
August 2017 Poetry Postcard Fest Afterword
Nothing signifies the end of summer in Cascadia like rain and it is raining as I write this. This year especially. 60+...