I’ve been writing about Sarah Mangold’s poetry and books for years, and was pleasantly invited to contribute to Report from the Mangold Society, thanks to old review connection rob mclennan.

From Charles Potts: Teri Zipf of Walla Walla will be joined by Greg Bem of Issaquah, Washington, in a pubic reading of their poems, both from new books published in Walla Walla by Hand to Mouth Press.

I am excited to announce I have a new review of Nicole Sarrocco’s Casino Lounge Gospel in Chris Dusterhoff’s SPREAD, a free poetry pamphlet found throughout Seattle.

Recorded at Kezira Cafe in Columbia City, Seattle on February 25, 2022. Featuring D’Vonne Lewis, Farko Dosumov, and Jim O’Halloran. With a special poetry reading by Paul Nelson for his book release of Haibun de la Serna. The full audio in one long YouTube video: Or the full video and audio in one long YouTube video: Note that with the latter, I left the auto refocus setting turned on, making for a far-from ideal viewing

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Another review! Zephyr Press’s The World’s Lightest Motorcycle by Yi Won, Translated from Korean by E. J. Koh and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, is now up at North of Oxford.

I continue to find gaming central in my life. I have for the third year in the row tracked the diversity and representation in the games I play. I have written internal reviews for many of the games I play. I have also started posting reviews on Steam. These are minor things that supplement the gaming experience and mindfully get me beyond the “achievement” and “escapist” qualities of gaming. Still, games are more complex and

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For the first time in my life, I’ve started tracking the films I watch not only on IMDB, but also locally. I’m not sure what I’ll do with this information, but I hope that the “best” films I’ve rated will inform how I continue my journey through explorations of film, a growing part of my life. I find it fascinating that despite not bingeing films or going to more than a single festival, I still

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As I have done every year for years, here are a list of the books I read in 2021. A prolific year indeed at 134 books with the majority being lauded! I keep track of all my reads on Goodreads, should you want to find me there. As with previous years, I am using the handy five-star scale to present these books, rather than chronological or otherwise. Conveniently, the top book was also my most

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I am pleased to announce that my recent performance poem, “The Fiend of Leschi,” posted in its recorded form here, has been included in a new form in North of Oxford’s Pandemic of Violence Anthology. Note that in the poem, Leschi refers to the neighborhood (in Seattle), and not the Nisqually chief.

Following a recent 60th birthday, Paul E. Nelson celebrated with a reading and we engaged in an interview shortly thereafter. Both are available on YouTube.

My second review of Kim Vodicka’s poetry, after Psychic Privates, concerns her latest book: The Elvis Machine. Read the review at North of Oxford.