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Paul Nelson
Nelson is working on an epic poem which re-enacts the history of Auburn, Washington, originally known as the town of Slaughter. In A Time Before Slaughter, the poem is written in the spirit of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson and Michael McClure because it endeavors to tell the history of a place. It is written spontaneously (projectively, in the living language), with an attempt to break new ground and relate stories that otherwise would be forgotten. Some stories include the myths of Native people and the xenophobia that existed against the Japanese-American citizens of the town in the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries. An epic that describes how America works through the example of Slaughter's compelling history, including the present, and the conflict within the individual between the need to control and dominate jutaposed with the urge to faciliate liberation. Audition Paul Nelson's poetry:
- May 2004
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