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Announcing CavanKerry's Spring 2014 Releases

Announcing CavanKerry's Spring 2014 Releases

Same Old Storyby Dawn Potter Release date: March 2014 Even as she reminds us that writing “doesn’t solve anything,” Potter is driven to chronicle “the years murmur[ing] their old tune”... Read More
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The Frost Place Announces 2014 Faculty

The Frost Place Announces 2014 Faculty

The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, directed by CKP authors Dawn Potter and Teresa Carson, has announced its 2014 faculty. Held each year in June, the conference is... Read More
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CutBank reviews “door of thin skins”

CutBank reviews “door of thin skins”

"This book shatters […]  It complicates the label of confessional poetry or memoir with its formal agility and its conceptual demands of its reader. It is a welcome addition to... Read More
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Poetry and Education: Jean Kanzinger on "Permission to Teach"

Poetry and Education: Jean Kanzinger on "Permission to Teach"

I have the good fortune to be the associate director of the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching which means I spend a week in June talking about poetry... Read More
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Farewell 2013!

Farewell 2013!

CKP at AWP This year has been quite the busy one here at CavanKerry.   Our highlights include: Published six new titles including first Memoir and second edition of The Waiting... Read More
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The Rumpus reviews "door of thin skins"

The Rumpus reviews "door of thin skins"

"The collection successfully creates lyrical holes in the middle of the narrative through which the reader can step, skipping over the more lurid parts of scene-making and character development in... Read More
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This Season, Give to CavanKerry

This Season, Give to CavanKerry

CavanKerry’s 2013 Releases “CavanKerry has distinguished itself as unique among American literary presses for its twofold mission: it is dedicated equally to the advancement of fine writing and to outreach programs... Read More
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“Primary Lessons” on The Women’s Voice List

“Primary Lessons” on The Women’s Voice List

  Congrats to Sarah Bracey White!  Primary Lessons was picked as a 2013 “Memoir We Love” by Women’s Voice for Change. Read More
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"door of thin skins" reviewed in Rattle

"door of thin skins" reviewed in Rattle

"The brilliance of door of thin skins lies not only in the narrative, but also in the way Shira Dentz stretches and fractures language, not just to report on damage, but toenact damage,... Read More
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