by Paul Nelson | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
This post has been updated to include video from the January 22, 2021 talk: I met Ian Boyden about ten or so years ago through our mutual friend Sam Hamill and we’ll always be marked by that experience. (Sure, we have some less than flattering Sam stories, but...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In years past I have taken time on the 1st of September to write my POPO afterword. If felt like a ritual to end each extended August with a meditation on what I had done, followed by a photo or video of the cards I received. That it is part of my own personal...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 1, 2019 | POPO
It seems rather overwhelming to summarize my experience as a participant of the 13th August Poetry Postcard Fest which longtime participant Terry Holzman a few years ago nicknamed PoPo and an anthology in 2017 called the “56 Days of August.” Yet here I am,...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was honored to be the subject of an interview by Ethelbert Miller for his weekly radio program in Washington, D.C., On The Margin. He had asked me for a copy of American Prophets months ago, set up the time for an EARLY Thursday chat and at 5 minutes to 6am PDT, his...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
What great coverage in the Anacortes Arts Briefings newsletter on our May 9-12 festival: Gold Passes admit the holder to all events except Steve Kuusisto’s master workshop “Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poets Journey” will guide poets and prose writers on the...