Paul Nelson

Poet

Seattle, WA
Washington US
Email: 
splabman@icloud.com
Website: 
paulenelson.com
Twitter/X: 
@https://twitter.com/splabman
RSS feed: 
paulenelson.com/feed/

Author's Bio

Paul E Nelson founded the Cascadia Poetics Lab in 1993 & the Cascadia Poetry Festival in 2012, wrote: American Sentences, A Time Before Slaughter and is Co-Editor of Make It True: Poetry From Cascadia, 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards, Make It True meets Medusario and the Samthology:Tribute to Sam Hamill. His book of interviews taken from 16 of his 600+ interviews is: American Prophets (Interviews 1994-2012.) Hear interviews at his blog: PaulENelson.com and his new podcast Cascadian Prophets. Winner of the 2015 Robin Blaser Award, given my the Capilano Review, he was a professional radio broadcaster (announcer/interviewer) for 26 years and lives with his partner Bhakti Watts and daughter Ella in the TUX woo' kwib/Duwamish watershed of the Cascadia bioregion.

Education: 
Lesley University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards (Five Oaks Press, 2017)
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Make it True: Poetry From Cascadia (Leaf Press, 2015)
,
Poems from Planet Earth (Leaf Press, 2013)
Books:
Haibun de la Serna (Goldfish Press, 2022)
,
American Sentenecs (Apprentice House, 2021)
,
A Time Before Slaughter/Pig War: & Other Songs of Cascadia (Apprentice House, 2020)
,
Make It True meets Medusario (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2019)
,
Tiovivo Tres Amigos (Ranchos Press, 2016)
,
American Sentences (Apprentice House, 2015)
,
Organic Poetry (Apprentice House, 2013)
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A Time Before Slaughter (Apprentice House, 2010)
Chapbook:
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Invisible Maniac (It Plays in Peoria Press, 1997)
Journals:
Big Bridge
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Black Box
,
Café Review
,
Fulcrum
,
Golden Handcuffs Review
,
Hambone
,
Margin: Exploring Magic Realism
,
Pacific Rim Review of Books
,
Raven Chronicles
,
The Argotist Online
,
The Temple
,
The Time Garden
,
Triplopia
,
Unlikely Stories
,
Wandering Hermit Review 2006
Prizes won: 

2014, Robin Blaser Award, Capilano Review

2012, Residency at The Lake, Morris Graves Founbdation, Loleta, CA

2010, Stranger Genius Award in Literature (shortlist for A Time Before Slaughter)

 

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Favorite authors: 
Michael McClure, Sam Hamill, Brenda Hillman, Diane di Prima, Wanda Coleman, Charles Olson, William Carlos Williams, Sharon Thesen, Barry McKinnon, Daphne Marlatt, Joanne Kyger, George Bowering...
What I'm reading now: 
Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Hispanic
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Incarcerated individuals, LGBTQ, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Parents, Schools, Seniors, Teachers, Veterans
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Jan 15, 2022