Cascadian Prophets

Latest Episodes
Barry McKinnon Interview (from July 2015)
Paul: You know, you moved up here and one of the first things you did as a teacher in Prince George - was it UNBC at the time when you moved here the University of Northern British Columbia? Barr
Jerome Rothenberg Interview from 2001
Jerome Rothenberg was a legendary poet, translator and anthologist. His work on various poetry anthologies, including Poems for the Millennium were an inspiration for our Cascadian Zen series. He died
Cecil Giscombe Interview
Cecil Giscombe talks about his friendship with BC poet, the late Barry McKinnon, about how people in the US consider Canadian poets and about his own work in an interview conducted by Paul E Nelson Ju
Robert Michael Pyle Interview
Bob met me at the retro Atomic Motel and we talked for over an hour about his new book, the poems in it, his childhood, bioregionalism, his trip to Cuba, Vladimir Nabokov's notion via biographer Brian
Interview with Bill Porter on the Film “Dancing With the Dead”
Paul E Nelson interviews Bill Porter on the film "Dancing With the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation as it screens Sunday, April 21 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian.
Nicholas Gulig Interview
The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Nicholas Gulig discussing the influence legendary poet Lorine Niedecker had on his work, recreating her trip around Lake Superior and discussing the poem's similarity wi
Tessa Hulls Interview Feeding Ghosts
Paul E Nelson interviews Tessa Hulls on Feeding Ghosts her graphic memoir
Roxi Power Interview
Poet Roxi Power sings from her new book The Songs Objects Would Sing
Robert Bringhurst Interview Part 3
In the third and final part of an October 22, 2023 interview Robert Bringhurst, he talks about blister rust, how bioregionalism is an antidote to bad politics and other subjects connected to his 55 pa
Robert Bringhurst The Ridge Interview Part 2
Through his books, I took lessons from Ezra Pound, who was a schoolmaster at heart and had a lot of things to say about what young poets should read and how they should read it. His politics were bonk