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"Primary Lessons" featured in hometown paper

"Primary Lessons" featured in hometown paper

An Invitation to Poetry in Art by Jean Kanzinger

An Invitation to Poetry in Art by Jean Kanzinger

As an English undergrad, I was an obsessed fan of William Blake. And, let’s be honest, it wasn’t just the poems. Blake’s illustrations and the mythology that connected words and... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: The Frost Place Continues Partnership with CavanKerry Press in 2015

PRESS RELEASE: The Frost Place Continues Partnership with CavanKerry Press in 2015

January 20, 2015 – The Frost Place is pleased to announce the continued partnership with publisher CavanKerry Press in 2015. Since 2012, The Frost Place has partnered with CavanKerry Press to enhance... Read More
Journey to Publication by Sarah Bracey White

Journey to Publication by Sarah Bracey White

Sarah Bracey White, author of “Primary Lessons”   A skinny, brown-skinned girl sits on the porch of a weathered gray house in South Carolina. Pencil in hand, she writes a... Read More
What a Book’s Worth

What a Book’s Worth

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
“Misery Islands” on Mass Poetry

“Misery Islands” on Mass Poetry

“O’Neil candidly writes about family…of single-motherhood and of love, and in doing so penetrates the exquisitiveness of the everyday while highlighting the challenges of living as an artist and mother.... Read More
“A Mother’s Tale” by January Gill O’Neil

“A Mother’s Tale” by January Gill O’Neil

A Mother’s Tale I tell my sonthat the best poemsare written in the sandand washed away with the tide.I say the moon controls the waves,uses the wind to rake the... Read More
Remembering Florenz at the Thielke Arboretum

Remembering Florenz at the Thielke Arboretum

Our founding managing editor, Florenz Eisman, walked around the Thielke Arboretum on a regular basis.  Recently, the CavanKerry team visited the location to celebrate Florenz. Read More
For Florenz: “Family” by Joan Cusack Handler

For Florenz: “Family” by Joan Cusack Handler

From GLOrious Family By Joan Cusack Handler Take for instance this African Violet bl o o ming its brains out the tenth year in a row: shameless in purple— scores of... Read More