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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Seattle, WA

Washington US

Email:

splabman@icloud.com

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.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

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...

Twitter/X:

https://twitter.com/splabman

Born in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

Raised in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

RSS feed:

http://paulenelson.com/feed/ [2]

Website:

https://paulenelson.com [3]

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)

Education:

Lesley University

What I'm reading now:

Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima

Identifies as:

Hispanic

Prefers to work with:

Adults

At Risk Youth

Incarcerated Individuals

LGBTQ

Naturalists/Environmentalists

Parents

Schools

Seniors

Teachers

Veterans