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Poet's Spotlight: Jack Ridl on "The Losing Season"

Poet's Spotlight: Jack Ridl on "The Losing Season"

The Coach’s Son Writes Poems Instead of talking about a single poem from the collection Losing Season, I’m going to talk about the book as a whole. In a sense it’s... Read More
"door of thin skins" reviewed by HTML Giant

"door of thin skins" reviewed by HTML Giant

“Dentz’s door of thin skins is a book to be devoured repeatedly. It is an important book from which to learn.” To read the full interview, visit HTML Giant Read More
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Support the NEA!

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approved a 2014 funding bill that calls for a 50% cut of the NEA. This will place the NEA budget to a... Read More
Green Mountain reviews "Darkening the Grass"

Green Mountain reviews "Darkening the Grass"

Miller’s language, here and elsewhere in Darkening the Grass, carries the earnestness and conviction of a maxim. At times it seems he turns to the reader to speak candidly; to live past... Read More
"door of thin skins" reviewed by NewPages

"door of thin skins" reviewed by NewPages

“The world Dentz has created captures the narrator’s restless, reeling mind, as well as the cold disinterest of the outside world. The frustrations and hurt coexist, and yet the outside... Read More
Poet's Spotlight: Michael Miller on "Wildwood Cemetery"

Poet's Spotlight: Michael Miller on "Wildwood Cemetery"

This poem was inspired by the hillside cemetery named above that I walked through during four years every afternoon in all sorts of weather.  The wildlife mentioned was seen over... Read More
Poet’s Spotlight: Richard Jeffrey Newman on “Coitus Interruptus”

Poet’s Spotlight: Richard Jeffrey Newman on “Coitus Interruptus”

I’ve been thinking about sexual violence a lot these past few days, mostly because of a piece of creative nonfiction one of the women in my summer writing class brought... Read More
Our latest book trailer: door of thin skins

Our latest book trailer: door of thin skins

From Poetry Heals: Joan Seliger Sidney

From Poetry Heals: Joan Seliger Sidney

From Joan Seliger Sidney: This past April, National Poetry Month, on a grant from the New Jersey Humanities Council to CavanKerry Press, I led a Poetry Heals workshop in Newark at the University... Read More