Please join us for an online talk from Paul Nelson, “Theodore Roethke and the Birth of Cascadian Poetry.” This is the second of four talks as part of our 2026 Virtual Speaker Series.
The annual Virtual Speaker Series features talks by Roethke scholars who recontextualize or offer new interpretations of Roethke’s work and talks from poets whose own work has been influenced by Roethke, providing a contemporary connection to the classic texts. It is organized by William Barillas.
Please register below and the zoom link will be emailed to you before the event. The email will come from info@friendsofroethke.org.
This is a pay-as-you-can series. The Friends of Roethke is a non-profit 501c3 organization, and every donation goes right back into our programming and restoration efforts. We appreciate any amount you are able to donate.
About Paul Nelson
Poet/interviewer Paul E. Nelson is the son of a labor activist father and Cuban immigrant mother. He founded the Cascadia Poetics Lab & the Cascadia Poetry Festival. Paul’s books include DaySong Miracle (Past 62); Cascadian Prophets (Interviews 1999-2023); Haibun de la Serna; A Time Before Slaughter/Pig War: & Other Songs of Cascadia; American Sentences. He is the co-editor of several anthologies, has been shortlisted for a 2010 Genius Award in Literature from The Stranger, was awarded a residency at The Lake in 2012, by the Morris Graves Foundation and in 2026, a Fellowship at the Clyfford Still Museum Institute. He is Literary Executor for Sam Hamill.