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
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!
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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
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
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
Return by Loren Graham
Return Suddenly I craved recess from that noisyhouse, from that pack, from much older cousinsand all those aunts and uncles, half a dozenat a time who laughed at my teasing... Read More
From the Managing Editor: Submission Tips
Beginning March 1 and ending April 30, CavanKerry’s portals will be open to accept submissions from poets and memoirists. It is a hectic time in the lives of the staff. Along... Read More
Book Press Release: Places I Was Dreaming
PLACES I WAS DREAMING Poems byLoren Graham A singular childhood experience—rural, poor, often precarious—is at the center of PLACES I WAS DREAMING (CavanKerry Press; February 2015; $16.00, paperback), an autobiographical sequence of... Read More
No Solitary Genius by Brent Newsom
In Track a Book, we follow one manuscript’s journey from creation to publication.  This monthly series will look at Brent Newsom’s upcoming CavanKerry release Love’s Labors, which is scheduled for release in... Read More