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Joseph O. Legaspi in Poets & Writers!
"As it is, it has taken me years to be comfortable saying that I’m a poet. To this day there’s still a tiny level of discomfort, uttering the—what? title, character,... Read More
Poetry Heals and CavanKerry in The Alternative Press
“At the beginning it’s difficult because they’re afraid of being wrong and not knowing what a poem means immediately,” says Teresa Carson, Associate Publisher at CKP, of the initial challenges... Read More
Teresa Carson Interviews Holly Smith, winner of the inaugural scholarship to the Frost Place
On March 15, Cameron Clarke, a senior from Dr. Ronald McNair Academic High School in Jersey City, was the runner-up in the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud state finals. CavanKerry... Read More
"The Landress Catches Her Breath" wins Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing
Congratulations to Paola Corso! First Prize winner of the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing for The Laundress Catches Her Breath Judge’s comment:This book is a precisely visionary evocation of working-class Pittsburgh... Read More
Poetry Out Loud: National Competition News
Washington State’s Langston Ward is named Poetry Out Loud National Champion Spokane, Washington high school student receives $20,000 award at Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest Washington, DC – Langston... Read More
Private: Poetry Heals Session at St. Barnabas Medical Center Explores Saying the Unsayable
By Katie Hynes, St. Barnabas Medical Center Lit & Med Volunteer “Poets don’t get calls in the middle of the night,” joked Cat Doty, poet, teacher, and author of Momentum (CavanKerry 2004),... Read More
Joseph O. Legaspi in Poets and Writers
"Gradually, I’ve found my footing as a poet in Queens, the literary underdog borough, the one noted for being the most ethnically diverse." For the full article, visit Poet and Writers... Read More
Teresa Carson talks with Dawn Potter, Director of The Frost Place Conference
Every summer, the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, a unique and innovative program for teachers, takes place in the barn at the farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where Robert Frost... Read More