It is part public art sculpture, part environmental education project. Unlike any other art project one can imagine,...
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Evan Flory-Barnes Interview
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, I sat down with bassist, composer and Seattle native Evan Flory-Barnes in my apartment in...
Notes on the Poetics of Resistance
Resistance is in the air thanks to the election of SCROTUS, the So Called Ruler of the United States. I've written...
Greyhounds & Activism @ Angeline
Start with two rescued Greyhound dogs, add two vegans (a mother and daughter) and move them to a large apartment...
Responding to Ethelbert
I first met Ethelbert Miller in 1994, when I knew nothing about poetry and he was touring with the book "In Search of...
PageBoy Magazine Writers on Writers
When I was asked for writing about a writer by Thomas Walton of Pageboy Magazine, I immediately thought of my homage...
Miles, Quincy, Georgia, Jazz & New Mexico
Attending the Taos Poetry Circus in Taos, New Mexico, will always be for me like Miles Davis hearing Dizzy Gillespie...
McClure’s Mephistos
In his latest book, Mephistos, Michael McClure shows how poetry is energy and how he, at age 84, continues to have the...
Resist @ Cascadia
A theme developing at Cascadia Poetry Festivals, such as the one planned for Cumberland, BC, in September 2017, is one...
Reactions to a Fractured Nation
I am delighted to be performing with Jim O'Halloran, master flute player, composer and band leader, as part of the...
WA 129 Release Party
The reading/book release party for WA129, the Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall’s state-wide poetry...
Paul w/ Carletta & 2 other poets @ Margin Shift
It is easily the most adventurous reading series in Seattle. Margin Shift happens now at the funky Common Area...