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An Invitation to Poetry in Art by Jean Kanzinger

An Invitation to Poetry in Art by Jean Kanzinger

As an English undergrad, I was an obsessed fan of William Blake. And, let’s be honest, it wasn’t just the poems. Blake’s illustrations and the mythology that connected words and... Read More
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PRESS RELEASE: The Frost Place Continues Partnership with CavanKerry Press in 2015

PRESS RELEASE: The Frost Place Continues Partnership with CavanKerry Press in 2015

January 20, 2015 – The Frost Place is pleased to announce the continued partnership with publisher CavanKerry Press in 2015. Since 2012, The Frost Place has partnered with CavanKerry Press to enhance... Read More
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Kindergarten Poetry Unit from Jean Kanzinger

Kindergarten Poetry Unit from Jean Kanzinger

For the past four years, I have had the privilege of spending a few weeks each spring teaching poetry to the kindergarteners in Lisa Dugach’s class at Gurney Elementary in... Read More
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Talking the Talk by Holly Smith

Talking the Talk by Holly Smith

New Jersey Poetry Out Loud turns 10 this year! During the 2014-15 school year CavanKerry will celebrate this significant anniversary by inviting New Jersey teachers and students to write about their... Read More
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Saying Yes to Poetry Out Loud from Holly Smith

Saying Yes to Poetry Out Loud from Holly Smith

  New Jersey Poetry Out Loud turns 10 this year! During the 2014-15 school year CavanKerry will celebrate this significant anniversary by inviting New Jersey teachers and students to write about... Read More
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From Poetry Out Loud National Finals

From Poetry Out Loud National Finals

Check out 3rd place winner/NJ state champ Natasha Vargas and her reading of “Ecology” by Jack Collom Read More
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Poetry and Education: Carlene M. Gadapee on "Poetry and Perspective"

Poetry and Education: Carlene M. Gadapee on "Poetry and Perspective"

Last year CavanKerry Press donated, as part of its GiftBooks program, copies of Divina Is Divina by Jack Wiler, to Meg Gadapee, an RA at a under-served college in Vermont, who wanted... Read More
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Poetry and Education: Jean Kanzinger on "Permission to Teach"

Poetry and Education: Jean Kanzinger on "Permission to Teach"

I have the good fortune to be the associate director of the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching which means I spend a week in June talking about poetry... Read More
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Poetry and Education: Dawn Potter on Hopkins’s “The Soldier”

Poetry and Education: Dawn Potter on Hopkins’s “The Soldier”

Punctuation and Poetry:Looking at Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “The Soldier” by Dawn Potter Gerard Manley Hopkins It’s so easy to overlook punctuation. Our eyes are trained to glide past it, automatically... Read More
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