If you did not know, I participated in the Jukai ceremony on December 11, 2023, under the direction of Kosho Itagaki,...
Kosho, Basho, Sam, Michael
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Interviewing the Interviewer: Paul E Nelson
My appreciation goes out to Melissa Lemay, who turned the tables and interviewed ME about doing interviews, American...
Announcing En*trance Journal
(Image: “Inga” (Detail) 65 x 85” acrylic on canvas, c.2012 © Frank Galuszka) I'm delighted to be an Editor-at-Large...
Postcards from Mapes Creek June 8 4-7pm
I hope you'll consider coming to Rainier Beach this Sunday from 4-7pm to celebrate the arts of poetry postcards and...
Sam O’Hana on Opening Poetry to the Working Class
The interview I conducted with Sam O'Hana, a Ph.D. student at CUNY, is immensely critical and immensely validating for...
Poetry at Cascadia BioFi
Cascadia BioFi is happening Saturday May 17, and the Cascadia Poetics Lab will be presenting poetry with no admission...
Four Winter in America (Again readings
There are some benefits to having 8 editors of an anthology. It is 8 times the networking capacity. This is the case...
Matt Trease The Outside
I've known Matt Trease since he moved to Seattle in 2013. He's from Tennessee and has spent time in Ohio, Milwaukee...
AWP Readings
I am delighted to participate in two readings at AWP which in L.A. this year. One is at the Asterism booth, #750,...
Imbolc 2025 Dharma Position Daysong
I feel very fortunate to have successfully navigated another daysong, a day-long poem writing ritual. I set aside...
Anne Tardos The Always Already Absent Present
What a joy to interview Anne Tardos about her new book The Always Already Absent Present. The audio is online thanks...
Stephan Torre
One of the great joys in participating in the recent Cascadia: A Braided Land event at UBCO was meeting 84 year old...