by Paul Nelson | Mar 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
At the 11am presentation as part of my World Poetry Day/Free Coffee celebration at Caffé Umbria (Tutta Bella), I talked about seriality. In my interview with Nate Mackey 5 or so years ago, he said it better than anyone has, the allure and power of serial form: ...
by Paul Nelson | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
On my way north to the Comox Valley to assist organizers of the Cascadia Poetry Festival to be held in Cumberland, September 8-10, 2017, I stopped in Delta, BC, to interview Stephen Collis about his latest book “Once in Blockadia.” Since the book’s...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Wonderful to see the review of Letters for Olson by Brooks Johnson in Hyperallergenic and just to have this book in the world. The headline of the article states well this book’s theme: In Letters for Olson, the reader is reminded repeatedly that the...
by Paul Nelson | Nov 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Wanda Coleman did not live to be 70, but today would have been her 70th birthday and as I go back to her work in preparation for a celebration of her memory at Beyond Baroque in L.A. today, I feel her ferocious presence strong as ever. And when her longtime...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Friday, October 14, 2016, I had the good fortune to interview Jeanne Heuving about her new book: The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics. That she was writing about Projective Verse was of great interest to me and reading the book and getting her insights...
