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PAUL E NELSON

Andrew Schelling and Left Coast Culture

When I was in California in summer of 2017, among my stops were with two poets who were reading a book about the life of Jaime de Angulo (pronounced dan GOO low) who was “a cowboy, cattle rancher, horse-tamer, medical doctor, psychologist, and linguist. A friend...

Andrew Schelling in Cascadia

In the process of organizing the audio archives of SPLAB, (thank you 4Culture) and those that pre-date the December 13, 1993 founding of the non-profit organization, I came across the audio of Anne Waldman and Andrew Schelling talking about American Sentences in a...

SPLAB Turns 20

Though the official date was December 13, 2013 that the organization I created turned 20, we celebrate Saturday at Spring Street Center. Details below. It is hard to believe how quickly 20 years can flash by and how much work one can do in that time. Favorite memories...

Talk at North Cascades Institute

El Habib Louai concludes his tour of Cascadia on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at 7p as he talks to participants in this year’s Beats on the Peaks event, produced by the North Cascades Institute. Habib will speak about the Beat connection with Morocco and the...

The Next Big Thing (Self-Interview)

I was tagged by C.E. Putnam for this project, the Next Big Thing self-interview. I tagged 6 other writers whose work I admire and will post links to their answers once they send them to me. The trick for me was that I have three book projects percolating. Actually,...