by Paul Nelson | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I saw this article linked in an article I was reading and then a friend sent it to me, so there was something synchronistic about it right off the bat. “God’s way of remaining anonymous” some wise person said about synchronicity, and it makes you think. I read it,...
by Paul Nelson | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Michael McClure died one year ago, May 4, 2020 and the last book he wrote will be launched by legendary publisher City Lights May 8, 2021, via Zoom, 3pm. A memorial tribute to Michael with readings happens Sunday, May 9 at 3pm. Info here. An an early review of the...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am going to post this today though I am going to release it as a “page” or doc in Week Two of my current workshops series A Sequence of Energies. There is still room in this workshop, Sunday nights in April from 4-6pm PDT. https://py.pl/1xZpuK I will...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to be part of a Michael McClure Memorial Tribute being produced by City Lights Books on the occasion of Michael’s last book of poems Mule Kick Blues. Details: On the one-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, the great American poet...
by Paul Nelson | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
This post has been edited to include video of the reading of the seminal Charles Olson essay Projective Verse: It was October 1995 and I had just finished lunch with Michael McClure, the day I met him. It was after an interview we conducted at the old KZOK-FM studios...
