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Press Release: Something Old, Something New (Jersey)

Press Release: Something Old, Something New (Jersey)

Something Old, Something New (Jersey) An Afternoon of Poetry to Celebrate the State’s 350th Birthday   Hosted byCavanKerry Press and Hoboken Historical Museum April 6, 2014, 3 p.m., at the Hoboken... Read More
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"Thus Spoke Baraka" from Danny Shot

"Thus Spoke Baraka" from Danny Shot

Danny Shot, who has been working with me to put together the Something Old, Something New (Jersey) reading at the Hoboken Historical Museum on April 6, is a poet, high school teacher, former publisher... Read More
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Happy 350th Anniversary to New Jersey!

Happy 350th Anniversary to New Jersey!

CavanKerry Press is pleased to celebrate the 350th anniversary of its home state. For a small state, New Jersey has produced, or been home to, a disproportionate number of poets who shaped, and... Read More
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Mark Nepo’s interview with Oprah airing this Sunday, November 10th

Mark Nepo’s interview with Oprah airing this Sunday, November 10th

CavanKerry writer Mark Nepo, of Surviving Has Made Me Crazy, is going has an upcoming interview with Oprah for her program Super Soul Sunday on OWN. Be sure to tune in Sunday, November 10, at 11... Read More
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Poetry Heals featured in Aspen University's Nursing Blog

Poetry Heals featured in Aspen University's Nursing Blog

"As a poet and longtime teacher of poetry, Teresa Carson is accustomed to entering difficult rooms. So when she came into a conference room at a New Jersey hospital in... Read More
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This Tuesday: CavanKerry Writers at Bryant Park Reading Room

This Tuesday: CavanKerry Writers at Bryant Park Reading Room

CKP writers Joan Cusack Handler and Howard Levy will be reading with Graywolf Press at the next Word for Word  Poetry reading at the Bryant Park Reading Room. Here are the full details: When:  Tuesday, September 3rd... Read More
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From Poetry Heals: Joan Seliger Sidney

From Poetry Heals: Joan Seliger Sidney

From Joan Seliger Sidney: This past April, National Poetry Month, on a grant from the New Jersey Humanities Council to CavanKerry Press, I led a Poetry Heals workshop in Newark at the University... Read More
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This year at the AWP Conference (from Joan Cusack Handler)

This year at the AWP Conference (from Joan Cusack Handler)

"We talk of someone being a stand-up guy. Over the course of ten plus years CavanKerry Press has been a stand-up poetry press. It has published books about poets, first... Read More
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Marcus Jackson on Judging NJ Poetry Out Loud

Marcus Jackson on Judging NJ Poetry Out Loud

My experience judging the NJPOL Finals was a very rewarding.  Hearing wonderful poems read aloud is always a pleasure, but witnessing such a remarkable group of high school students bringing... Read More
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