by Paul Nelson | Jul 24, 2018 | Poetry Postcard Fest
293 people are registered for the 12th Poetry Postcard Fest in 2018. Included are participants from Alberta (1), Alabama (9), Arkansas (1), Arizona (1), British Columbia (1), California (26), Colorado (5), Connecticut (3), Florida (1), Georgia (2), Hawaii (1), Idaho...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 12, 2018 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Reading Mark Gonnerman’s book A Sense of the Whole: Reading Gary Snyder’s Mountains and Rivers Without End I came to Tim Dean’s essay on The Other Voice. In the essay he states that in his 40 year epic poem, since Snyder: …harmonizes a vast...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 8, 2018 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Two editors of 56 Days of August and two contributors gathered yesterday at the annual Poets in the Park event in Redmond, Washington. Ina Roy-Faderman, Your Humble Narrator, Joanna Thomas and Matt Trease were the facilitators of an intimate workshop during which time...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 3, 2018 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I have been getting caught up on some of Sam Hamill’s work since his death back in April. Last night reading from his 1981 book of “casual essays” or “over-the-shoulder” glances he titled At Home in the World, I came across an essay...
by Paul Nelson | May 8, 2018 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thursday and Friday, (5.10 & 5.11.2018) I will be the Methow Valley for events that involve the August Poetry Postcard Fest. Fest registration starts in less than two months and this is the first fest we’ve facilitated since the release of 56 Days of...
