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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
MiPOesias: a video of Nin Andrews' "Barbie In the Dark"

MiPOesias: a video of Nin Andrews' "Barbie In the Dark"

Joseph O. Legaspi in Poets & Writers!

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

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