by Paul Nelson | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jan 28, 2012 My residency here at the Whiteley Center ends tomorrow, alas. What a tremendous place to think, write &c. Sure, the photos give you a sense of that (my Pig War research photo album on FB) but I am so pleased with what I did here on Pig War:...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
For some reason, I did not get my Pacific Rim Poetics essay transferred over from OrganicPoetry.org to this here site. Today I corrected that. Here are the two epigraphs: If I open a magazine of contemporary poetry I rarely hear John Dryden, but almost always Li Po. –...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I re-posted this interview on this website and it’s gotten about 200 hits and will be translated into Spanish by Hamill’s translator, Esteban Moore. An excerpt: The editor of Copper Canyon Press for over 30 years, author of over 40 books of poetry and...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been migrating my Org Po essays from OrganicPoetry.org to this site. This was the introductory page to the essays on that site. Comments are welcome. A book is coming out in 2012 from Apprentice House: Organic Poetry Essays These essays were first created...
by Paul Nelson | Nov 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Seattle’s Poetry Scene Seattle likes to pride itself on being one of America’s Most Literate Cities. I pay attention to these annual pronouncements for about 2 minutes when they inevitably make the news, or are posted on Facebook, and Seattle’s usually up there with...
