Jack Spicer Mary Norbert Korte 1965 Berkeley Poetry Conference When I visited Mary Norbert Krte in October of 2019, we recorded interviews on consecutive days. On the second day we talked, among oth

Interview part 1 from Oct 2019 with Mary Norbert Krte at her home in Irmulco, CA.

The latest Cascadian Prophets podcast is about Cascadian Zen from the three co-editors of the book, Tetsuzen Jason Wirth, Adelia MacWilliam and Paul E Nelson (your humble correspondent.) We recorded t

Cascadian Prophets interview. Why are only 8% of Hollywood movies produced by women, down from 9% 20 years ago? One Hollywood film-maker says the male gaze reinforced by a camera angle formula and a

Pierre Joris talks to Paul E Nelson on A Nomad Poetics and reads the poem Letter to Steichen, Ed

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet. A quote attributed to John Quincy Adams, though it is quite possible that is a paraphrase. To go from being a gang-ba

How to capture the soul of a subject, live your life dedicated to your own art, the process of discovery and even plan your syncretic memorial so that all your ducks are in a row? This seems to me efficient, humble, gentle and visionary all at the same ti

I had the good fortune on Sunday, July 17, 2022 to travel to the home of Michael Daley, on Fidalgo Island, to chat with him about his poem Romance with the Unexpected, a new chapbook, as well as his life as a poet/bioregionalist. The sounds of planes, rav

Interview with Claudia Castro Luna, recorded 17-JUNE-2022 via Zoom about her new book Cipota Under the Moon published by Tia Chucha Press.

Patrick Mazza's blog, The Raven, exists: "To inform the people-power movements crucial to addressing the crises coming upon us at national and global levels, from increasing national divisions and br