The Birth of a Press: Start Your Own Press
Part 1 in our ongoing series, The Birth of a Press, CKP publisher Joan Cusack Handler discusses the ins and outs of running a poetry press. The story of CavanKerry Press... Read More
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A Few Thoughts about Gratitude from Joan Cusack Handler
It strikes me that one of the least celebrated communications between us is the simple thank you. I, for one, don’t say it often enough. Nor to enough people. I’m sorry is another biggie.... Read More
Joan Cusack Handler Reflects on CKP’s first Poetry Heals Workshop
I’m sitting in the vestibule of Morristown Medical Center guarding our bags while Donna, CKP administrator, gets the car. God Bless Donna! We’re coming from CavanKerry’s first Poetry Heals Writing Workshop which... Read More
Today's "Poem in Your Pocket" from CKP Publisher and Senior Editor Joan Cusack Handler
“Without” by Donald Hall“Otherwise” by Jane Kenyon“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver No one who knows me is surprised that I came up with 3 poems instead of one for Poem... Read More
CKP at the Inaugural Humanism Day Conference
On March 14, Joan Cusack Handler, Teresa Carson and Judith Hannan participated in the inaugural Humanism Day Conference at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark,... Read More
A Message from Publisher Joan Cusack Handler
Despite the fact that I’ve had to be dragged kicking and screaming into cyberspace from the earliest days when the world of business discovered the efficacy of e-mail, I must... Read More
CavanKerry participates in Poetry Out Loud
CavanKerry Press was a proud supporter of the 2012 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Competition. Joan and Teresa attended the finals on March 21 and were blown away by the... Read More