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Paola Corso Interviews Tina Kelley

Paola Corso Interviews Tina Kelley

Corso: Your latest poetry collection with CavanKerry Press, Rise Wildly, is published in a time of sacrifice and loss in our country from Covid-19 and the need for soul-searching, for coping with... Read More
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Italian Americana reviews “The Laundress Catches Her Breath”

Italian Americana reviews “The Laundress Catches Her Breath”

This charming, poignant collection, winner of the 2012 Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing from the Working Class Association, paints a haunting portrait of working-class Pittsburgh as experienced by Corso’s protagonist known... Read More
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For Florenz: “The Laundress” by Paola Corso

For Florenz: “The Laundress” by Paola Corso

from The Laundress Catches Her Breath The Laundress 1. Sheets are wet worrisome mounds in the basket, socks a pair of sorry balls dripping in self-pity, underwear a limp limbo of... Read More
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"Blow Out the Candles" by Paola Corso

"Blow Out the Candles" by Paola Corso

there was       no twister       out her windowno gale spinning       a black cloud she mused       at the shingled pyramid       floating above... Read More
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"The Landress Catches Her Breath" wins Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing

"The Landress Catches Her Breath" wins Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing

Congratulations to Paola Corso! First Prize winner of the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing for The Laundress Catches Her Breath Judge’s comment:This book is a precisely visionary evocation of working-class Pittsburgh... Read More
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CKP titles are finalists for ForeWord Book of the Year Awards!

CKP titles are finalists for ForeWord Book of the Year Awards!

We are thrilled that two of our 2012 publications have been announced as finalists for the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Drum roll please… In the category of Poetry: The Laundress Catches Her... Read More
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Nin Andrews Interviews Paola Corso

Nin Andrews Interviews Paola Corso

Paola Corso NIN ANDREWSThe Laundress Catcher Her Breath is such an amazing read.  I rarely pick up a poetry book that I cannot put down, but this one had me at hello. ... Read More
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