My 2011 trip to China continues to pay dividends. I'll explain in a moment. I was invited to China for the 2011...
Chang’an Poetry Festival Hall of Fame
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Nate Mackey, Amerarcana
When I proposed to Nate Mackey that we do an interview on Nod House, which was and still is his latest book of poems,...
84. Hold The House Sparrow (For Maleea Acker)
During my recent stay in Victoria, I was the guest of Maleea Acker for a night. She was one of the Canadian poets who...
Force Field: 77 Women BC Poets
Soon after I made plans to go to Victoria, BC, for the launch of the Poems from Planet Earth anthology (see this...
Poems from Planet Earth
As mentioned in my last post (Walking Victoria) in addition to some lovely photo opportunities and the best matcha...
Walking Victoria
I think it was attending the Victoria School of Writing (RIP) Summer School session for a week in July 2005 that made...
Haibun de la Serna
Finishing the 83rd poem in a series of 99 haibun on Monday morning, Meredith had overheard me recording the poem and...
Craft Talk Organic Poetry, 4.11.13 6P Ballard Library
I remember asking Michael McClure on the phone what it was like to start writing in Projective Verse. I think I had...
82. Automedicador (For Amalio Madueño)
Nikky Finney 1999 Interview
When I saw that Nikky Finney was coming to town for a reading/chat for Seattle Arts & Lectures (April 25, 2013), I...
Planet Earth Poetry Anthology
"I LOVE the Canadian side of Cascadia as it deals with poetry. In Victoria, Vancouver, Nelson and elsewhere there are...
Trevor Carolan – Reading BC and PNW Literature
Trev Carolan is the editor of Making Waves: Reading BC and Pacific Northwest Literature. Paul Nelson interviewed him...