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How are we celebrating National Poetry Month?

How are we celebrating National Poetry Month?

By asking our poets, staff, and CavanKerry community three simple questions: What is the poem that you recite to yourself when you’re waiting for test results in a doctor’s waiting... Read More
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“Losing Season” in the classroom

“Losing Season” in the classroom

Poet Chris Dombrowski is teaching Jack Ridl’s “Losing Season” at the Montano Poets House. Read More
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Book Press Release: Love’s Labors

Book Press Release: Love’s Labors

LOVE’S LABORS Poems by Brent Newsom   Like interconnecting stories that form a novel, the poems in Brent Newsom’s debut collection, LOVE’S LABORS, coalesce into a narrative of an indelible place and its... Read More
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Dawn Potter on Judging the NJ Poetry Out Loud State Finals

Dawn Potter on Judging the NJ Poetry Out Loud State Finals

On March 13, 2015, I had the honor and the pleasure of serving as a judge at the state finals of the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud competition, held at Princeton University.... Read More
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Hitting the Road by Brent Newsom

Hitting the Road by Brent Newsom

Special delivery from the book ninja When my author copies of Love’s Labors were delivered to our house, I was still at work. So my wife packed up the box of books... Read More
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CavanKerry writers reading at Girl Talk

CavanKerry writers reading at Girl Talk

Four CKP poets (Teresa Carson, Wanda Praisner, Sondra Gash, and Carole Stone) are reading at Diane Lockwood’s Girl Talk Poetry Reading on March 28th.  Don’t miss it! Read More
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Cooking Fried Rice by Brent Newsom

Cooking Fried Rice by Brent Newsom

My wife’s white-socked feetpolish the gray vinyl tile of our kitchen.She spins from fridge to stovewhile I stand at the cutting board,cilantro on the altar, a sacrificeto the tiny tongue-throned... Read More
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Surprise, Surprise by Brent Newsom

Surprise, Surprise by Brent Newsom

by Flickr user Benson Kua I am home with my two kids when the call comes. It’s early August, midafternoon. Snack time. Water and ants on a log. No—be honest, Brent—probably... Read More
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Nin Andrews Interviews Loren Graham

Nin Andrews Interviews Loren Graham

NIN ANDREWSPlaces I Was Dreaming is your third book of poetry, but this is your first autobiographical book? LOREN GRAHAMIt’s the kind of question that people often ask, but I’m hesitant... Read More
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