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Red Pine Documentary

Red Pine Documentary

The last time we reported on Bill Porter (aka: Red Pine) we had traveled to his Port Townsend home for an interview. See: https://paulenelson.com/2019/10/14/red-pine-bill-porter-interview/ Now he’s the subject of a documentary film: DANCING WITH THE DEAD: Red...

Red Pine (Bill Porter) Interview

I had the good fortune to visit Bill Porter, the translator of ancient Chinese poetry and sacred texts, and interview him at his Port Townsend home on August 28, 2019. His latest books at the time were Cathay Revisited & Dancing with the Dead, Stonehouse’s...

#APPF13 Wrapup (What I Wrote)

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,...

IndieGoGo for Cascadia Poetry Fest

We’re starting a crowd-sourcing campaign!  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadia-poetry-festival The 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival at Seattle U and Spring Street Center May 1-4, 2014, is the biggest project my non-profit corporation has attempted in 20...