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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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September 27: 100 Thousand Poets & Musicians for Change in Hoboken

September 27: 100 Thousand Poets & Musicians for Change in Hoboken

As part of the third annual 100 Thousand Poets & Musicians for Change, an activist cultural movement started by a group of California poets, more than 500 events are being planned... Read More
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Poetry Heals and CavanKerry in The Alternative Press

Poetry Heals and CavanKerry in The Alternative Press

“At the beginning it’s difficult because they’re afraid of being wrong and not knowing what a poem means immediately,” says Teresa Carson, Associate Publisher at CKP, of the initial challenges... Read More
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Teresa Carson Interviews Holly Smith, winner of the inaugural scholarship to the Frost Place

Teresa Carson Interviews Holly Smith, winner of the inaugural scholarship to the Frost Place

On March 15, Cameron Clarke, a senior from Dr. Ronald McNair Academic High School in Jersey City, was the runner-up in the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud state finals. CavanKerry... Read More
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Teresa Carson talks with Dawn Potter, Director of The Frost Place Conference

Teresa Carson talks with Dawn Potter, Director of The Frost Place Conference

Every summer, the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, a unique and innovative program for teachers, takes place in the barn at the farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where Robert Frost... Read More
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From Poetry Heals: a poem by Copper Camden Hospital

From Poetry Heals: a poem by Copper Camden Hospital

Teresa Carson at last year’s “Poetry Heals”workshop at Copper Camden This April and May, CavanKerry Press and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities are again co-sponsoring a series of “Poetry Heals” workshops for healthcare professionals.... Read More
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An Interview with Kavita Oza: 2013 NJ Poetry Out Loud State Champion

An Interview with Kavita Oza: 2013 NJ Poetry Out Loud State Champion

On March 15th, Kavita Oza, a junior from Peddie School in Hightstown, became the 2013 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud State Champion.  As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I was particularly struck... Read More
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Teresa Carson: Poet Behind the Poetry

Teresa Carson: Poet Behind the Poetry

Poet Behind the Poetry, CKP’s special blog series in honor of National Poetry Month, looks behind the scenes of a writer’s creative life. A few questions on my mind Teresa... 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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