Paul Nelson

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

9030 Seward Park Av S, 213 SPLAB

Seattle, WA 98118-6027

Email:

splabman@icloud.com

Phone:

206-422-5002

Bio:

Paul E Nelson founded SPLAB (Seattle Poetics LAB) in 1993 & the Cascadia Poetry Festival in 2012, wrote: American Sentences, A Time Before Slaughter and is Co-Editor of Make It True: Poetry From Cascadia, 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards, Make It True meets Medusario and the Samthology:Tribute to Sam Hamill. His book of interviews taken from 16 of his 600+ interviews is: American Prophets (Interviews 1994-2012.) Hear interviews at his blog: www.PaulENelson.com. Winner of the 2015 Robin Blaser Award, given my the Capilano Review, he lives with his partner and his seven year old daughter in the Duwamish watershed of the Cascadia bioregion.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/splabman

Born in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

Raised in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

RSS feed:

http://paulenelson.com/feed/ [2]

Website:

http://www.paulenelson.com [3]

Prizes won:

2014, Robin Blaser Award, Capilano Review

2010, Stranger Genius Award in Literature (shortlist for A Time Before Slaughter)

Education:

Lesley University

Identifies as:

Hispanic

Prefers to work with:

Adults

At Risk Youth

Incarcerated individuals

Teachers

Teenagers

Veterans