Danny Shot Elaborates…
It is difficult to write about my poems because I’ve always believed that the poem should speak for itself. Then again, I’m not one to turn away from a challenge... Read More
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Danny Shot explains a favorite poem
The Whole Mess… Almost– Gregory Corso I ran up six flights of stairsto my small furnished roomopened the windowand began throwing outthose things most important in lifeFirst to go, Truth,... Read More
Nin Andrews Interviews Cindy Veach About Gloved Against Blood
NA: I love how you open, Gloved Against Blood, with a quote from Proust, “For we are our loom,” and then write about your life and your ancestor’s lives, both as if... Read More
Jack Ridl – HE BRINGS HOME EVERYTHING
A faculty member at the college where I loved to be with students once emailed me the following: “You use too many exclamation points.” What’s the deal with the fear... Read More
Weekly Poetry Spotlight
“Night” By: Joseph O. Legaspi –  When in love I melt into yellow, blend in with every light to become the most luminous apparition.  You’ve come disguised, hair... Read More
Book Press Release: Eating Moors and Christians
Eating Moors and Christians poems by Sandra M. Castillo Straddling two worlds—Cuba before and during its revolution and Miami among its post-flight diaspora—Sandra M. Castillo’s collection of poems, EATING MOORS AND CHRISTIANS (CavanKerry... Read More
Book Press Release: Orphans
Orphansby Joan Cusack Handler ORPHANSÂ (CavanKerry Press; March 2016; $18.00) is an indelible memoir in verse from award-winning poet and psychologist Joan Cusack Handler that explores the intertwined lives of a... Read More
Julianna Baggott interviews Robin Silbergleid about "The Baby Book"
“I will confess that this process was much harder with The Baby Book than with other projects, mostly because of its emotional and autobiographical content. That was a useful reminder for me... Read More
Book Press Release: The Baby Book
The Baby BookPoems by Robin Silbergleid With raw candor and lyric poignancy, Robin Silbergleid transforms the psychological and physical pain of a journey through infertility into transcendent poetry in THE BABY BOOK (CavanKerry... Read More