Everett Poetry Welcomes Featured Poet Paul E. Nelson
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At Everett Poetry Night, We Trust Our Words.
We Trust Our Audience to be Mature and Open-Minded Enough to Embrace the wide Range of Topics Shared.
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The Sister's Restaurant
2804 Grand Ave.
Everett, WA 98201
Located in
The Everett Public Market
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FREE // Support the venue and featured poet if you can.
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5:00 - 5:30 Arrive/order/mingle/edit.
5:30 p.m. Sign Up
5:45 p.m. The first poet brings the mic to life
7:15 p.m. Feature: Paul E. Nelson
7:45 pm. Purchase books/Chat with featured poet.
8:00 p.m. Good Night / Thank you for attending.
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Poet & interviewer Paul E. Nelson is the son of a labor activist father and Cuban immigrant mother. Born on Chicago’s west side in 1961, he’s lived in King County since 1988. He founded the Cascadia Poetics Lab, the Cascadia Poetry Festival & co-founded the Poetry Postcard Fest. Books include: The Singing Bullets of Soft Secession: & Other DaySongs (2026, Carbonation Press), DaySong Miracle (Past 62) (2024); Cascadian Prophets (Interviews 1999-2023) (2024); Haibun de la Serna (2022); A Time Before Slaughter/Pig War: & Other Songs of Cascadia (2020); American Prophets (interviews 1994-2012) (2018); American Sentences (2015, 2021); A Time Before Slaughter (2009). Co-Editor of Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election (2025, Carbonation Press); Cascadian Zen Volume I: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here and Now (2023, Watershed Press), Make it True meets Medusario (2019) (Spanish & English) and other anthologies. He’s Literary Executor for the late poet Sam Hamill, conducted an Institute Residency at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, CO, July 2026 for his project Still in Cascadia, and lives in Rainier Beach, alongside dxʷwuqʷeb Creek. (Feel free to edit... The recent residency and the two new books are key. The other upcoming book is Cascadian Sentences (form erly American Sentences.)
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Your host will be:
Duane Kirby Jensen
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We pass the Bag of Giving during the feature.
All monies gathered go to the feature
We Trust Our Audience to be Mature and Open-Minded Enough to Embrace the wide Range of Topics Shared.
------------------
The Sister's Restaurant
2804 Grand Ave.
Everett, WA 98201
Located in
The Everett Public Market
--------
FREE // Support the venue and featured poet if you can.
------
5:00 - 5:30 Arrive/order/mingle/edit.
5:30 p.m. Sign Up
5:45 p.m. The first poet brings the mic to life
7:15 p.m. Feature: Paul E. Nelson
7:45 pm. Purchase books/Chat with featured poet.
8:00 p.m. Good Night / Thank you for attending.
.
Poet & interviewer Paul E. Nelson is the son of a labor activist father and Cuban immigrant mother. Born on Chicago’s west side in 1961, he’s lived in King County since 1988. He founded the Cascadia Poetics Lab, the Cascadia Poetry Festival & co-founded the Poetry Postcard Fest. Books include: The Singing Bullets of Soft Secession: & Other DaySongs (2026, Carbonation Press), DaySong Miracle (Past 62) (2024); Cascadian Prophets (Interviews 1999-2023) (2024); Haibun de la Serna (2022); A Time Before Slaughter/Pig War: & Other Songs of Cascadia (2020); American Prophets (interviews 1994-2012) (2018); American Sentences (2015, 2021); A Time Before Slaughter (2009). Co-Editor of Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election (2025, Carbonation Press); Cascadian Zen Volume I: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here and Now (2023, Watershed Press), Make it True meets Medusario (2019) (Spanish & English) and other anthologies. He’s Literary Executor for the late poet Sam Hamill, conducted an Institute Residency at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, CO, July 2026 for his project Still in Cascadia, and lives in Rainier Beach, alongside dxʷwuqʷeb Creek. (Feel free to edit... The recent residency and the two new books are key. The other upcoming book is Cascadian Sentences (form erly American Sentences.)
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Your host will be:
Duane Kirby Jensen
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We pass the Bag of Giving during the feature.
All monies gathered go to the feature
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Where is it happening?
The Sisters Restaurant, 2804 Grand Ave,Everett, Washington, United States
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Host or PublisherDuane Kirby Jensen
