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Book Press Release: How They Fell

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
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October is Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Month at CKP

October is Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Month at CKP

from Teresa Carson, Associate Publisher On Monday I attended a workshop, facilitated by John McEwen and Robert Carr from the NJ Theatre Alliance, on creating a three-year Americans with Disabilities... Read More
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Celebrating a New Mission

Celebrating a New Mission

From Joan Cusack Handler, Publisher and Senior Editor Interestingly enough, our mission statement changes as we grow.  Our first emphasized our dual commitment: A not-for-profit literary press serving art and community. Unique... Read More
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Saying Yes to Poetry Out Loud from Holly Smith

Saying Yes to Poetry Out Loud from 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... Read More
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Summer and Jack Wiler by Teresa Carson

Summer and Jack Wiler by Teresa Carson

Jack Wiler A few times this summer I drove past the building, in the Jersey City Heights, where Jack and Johanna were living when he died. By habit I’d glance up at... Read More
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From Poetry Out Loud National Finals

From Poetry Out Loud National Finals

Check out 3rd place winner/NJ state champ Natasha Vargas and her reading of “Ecology” by Jack Collom Read More
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"Notes from a Traffic Jam" by Dawn Potter

"Notes from a Traffic Jam" by Dawn Potter

Roadmaster truck creaking up from its netherworld,swaying past the fizzing lights of a diner,then sliding like a boxy snake into the unremembered night— Window glimpse of optimists on a couch,bending... 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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"Writing Class" by Howard Levy

"Writing Class" by Howard Levy

Mark the clouds as they settle in,as they fall asleep over the city.Mark that the city’s humdoes not rouse themand note that the gray escaping lightis bent by prisms made... Read More
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