For Florenz: “Grievances” by Joan Cusack Handler
from Red Canoe: Love In Its Making GRIEVANCES By Joan Cusack Handler A swelling constant in my throat now & a burning in my chest as I make note of each... Read More
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For Florenz from Joan Cusack Handler
Dear CKP Friends- Today, October 18, is a sad day for all of us here at CKP –it marks the first anniversary of the death of Florenz Eisman, CKP’s Managing... Read More
Celebrating a New Mission
From Joan Cusack Handler, Publisher and Senior Editor Interestingly enough, our mission statement changes as we grow.  Our first emphasized our dual commitment: A not-for-profit literary press serving art and community. Unique... Read More
THANKS, WALT!
Though Walt Whitman was a native of New York, he lived the last nineteen years of his life in Camden, NJ. If you are in Camden, you can visit his house,... Read More
Dearest Florenz-
It’s hard to believe that over a month has gone by since the death of Florenz Eisman, our beloved friend and colleague. As so often happens, during her final illness... Read More
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
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
This week: AWP Conference in Boston (and CKP will be there!)
CavanKerry Press will be at the AWP Bookfair from Wednesday, March 6th through Saturday March 9th. Stop by tables V1 & V2 and say hello to Publisher Joan Cusack Handler, Associate Publisher Teresa... Read More
Two Friends on Many Missions: Joan Cusack Handler on “The Waiting Room Reader Volume II”
“Given CKP’s commitment to bring poetry to people where they live, work and receive services and Gold’s commitment to humanistic patient care, there seemed no more underserved a community than... Read More