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This year at the AWP Conference (from Joan Cusack Handler)

"We talk of someone being a stand-up guy. Over the course of ten plus years CavanKerry Press has been a stand-up poetry press. It has published books about poets, first... Read More

Posted on Mar 21, 2013

Marcus Jackson on Judging NJ Poetry Out Loud

My experience judging the NJPOL Finals was a very rewarding. Hearing wonderful poems read aloud is always a pleasure, but witnessing such a remarkable group of high school students bringing... Read More

Posted on Mar 21, 2013

Why support Poetry Out Loud? (from Teresa Carson)

On March 15, Joan Cusack Handler and I sat in the Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University and listened as eight high school students each recited three poems in the New Jersey... Read More

Posted on Mar 21, 2013

CKP titles are finalists for ForeWord Book of the Year Awards!

We are thrilled that two of our 2012 publications have been announced as finalists for the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Drum roll please… In the category of Poetry: The Laundress Catches Her... Read More

Posted on Mar 20, 2013

Congratulations Kavita Oza, winner of NJ Poetry Out Loud

Photo credit: Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger To read more about the final competition (and a CKP mention), visit the The Star-Ledger. Read More

Posted on Mar 19, 2013

Waiting Room Reader II featured in Poets and Writers

"CavanKerry Press, a nonprofit literary publisher based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, conducted an unusual experiment a few years ago. In partnership with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism... Read More

Posted on Mar 19, 2013