Taking Action after Newtown
Like everyone, CKP has been shocked by the events in Newtown. As Florenz Eisman emailed the staff: Like everyone else Iâm still anguished about this tragedy. [But] we tend to... Read More
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In the Wake of Newtown
I am so sorryâŚ. For the past several weeks Iâve been celebrating the publication of Confessions and the positive response itâs received, but I have to call a halt for awhile. In... Read More
ForeWord Review Raves about âConfessions of Joan the Tallâ
âThe beauty of Handlerâs memoir is that it will appeal to young people and adults alike, particularly those who, like Joan, have grappled with their spiritual upbringing and what it... Read More
Some Quixote for our Quote of the Week
ââOh sir,â cried [Don Quixoteâs] niece, âplease have [the books of poetry] burned like the rest, because it could well happen that once my uncle gets over his chivalry illness... Read More
Special Thanks: Judi and John Hannan, hosts of our latest literary salon to benefit "Waiting Room Reader II"
 I apologize for taking so long to comment on this splendid event. I tried twice on Monday of last week but as a result of my head injury I... Read More
The Birth of a Press: Commitment to Art
Part 4 in our ongoing series, The Birth of a Press, CKP publisher Joan Cusack Handler discusses the ins and outs of running a poetry press. Not surprisingly, at the forefront of... Read More
Nin Andrews reflects on Michael Miller's "Lieutenant Dempsey"
While reading Michael Millerâs Darkening the Grass, I was as moved by the poems that he calls âlife-affirming,â his lovely meditations of nature and the passing of life, as by his... Read More
Jung and Wilde: this weekâs Commonplace Book
We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of lifeâs morning; for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the... Read More
âLittle Boy Blueâ in Poet Lore, Vol. 10
Gray Jacobik captures the moods of these childhood-happy moments as well as the moments of loss and torment as she weaves in episodes of the boyâs life, until, in his forties,... Read More