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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

Archived Posts

531. Rat Access

Another Salish Art card from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest and one I’ve used before. We miss our cats, not that...

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Neoliberalism

Continuing now with the quote from the last post that I said was leading to another post, this one about...

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