The Mad Hatter of Poetry by Donald Platt
This summer, the New York Times Book Review ran an article titled “Does Poetry Matter?”  In it, David Orr stated that “poetry is the weak sister of its sibling arts.”... Read More
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ADA Awareness Month: "Why Do We Fear the Blind?" from NYT
“Even the most brilliant sighted person can be dumb about the obvious.”
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CavanKerry Press remembers Carolyn Kizer
In her introduction to Carolyn Kizer: Perspectives in Her Life and Work (CavanKerry Press 2001), Maxine Kumn wrote: Carolyn Kizer was a feminist before the word came into vogue. Her famous poem “Pro Femina”... Read More
Nin Andrews Interviews Teresa Carson
NIN ANDREWSThis is such a carefully constructed book (My Crooked House) about the anatomy of a house and a psyche, and the healing of both. I’d love to hear you talk about... Read More
For ADA Awareness Month
I grew up in a time not only when the needs of individuals with disabilities were not taken into consideration by cultural organizations but also when the individuals with disabilities... Read More
Talking the Talk by Holly Smith
New Jersey Poetry Out Loud turns 10 this year! During the 2014-15 school year CavanKerry will celebrate this significant anniversary by inviting New Jersey teachers and students to write about their... Read More
The American Literary Review on "door of thin skins"
"A smart, and often fearless, discussion of the relationship between language and power."
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"At Our Feet" by Annie Boutelle
And how was it to be eighteenand innocent as hell, and whowasn’t disguised then, in the greymedieval town, red gown wrappedtight around each one. Flyingdown Hepburn gardens on a bike,shillings... Read More
Book Press Release: How They Fell
How They Fell  Poems byAnnie Boutelle HOW THEY FELL (CavanKerry Press; October 2014; $16.00, paperback), Annie Boutelle’s third volume of poems, collects work that speaks to this acutely-attuned poet’s broad range... Read More