Cavankerry Press

{{Short description|American nonprofit literary press}}

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| founded = 2000

| founder = Joan Cusack Handler and Florenz Eisman

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Fort Lee, New Jersey

| distribution = University of Chicago Press

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| publications = Books

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| genre = Poetry, nonfiction

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| url = {{URL|https://www.cavankerrypress.org/}}

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Cavankerry Press is an American nonprofit literary press located in Fort Lee, New Jersey,[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/nyregion/the-next-small-thing.html The New York Times | The Next Small Thing by Robert Strauss | July 10, 2005][https://www.pw.org/content/poetry_for_patients_and_their_families Poets & Writers | News & Trends | Poetry for Patients and Their Families | by Beth Cranwell Alpin | March/April 2013] which publishes poetry and nonfiction. Cavankerry Press is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses,[https://www.clmp.org/readers/directory-of-publishers/?_dop_search=cavankerry%20press&_alpha=C Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses > Directory of Member Publishers] has thrice received a Citation of Excellence from the New Jersey Arts Council honoring New Jersey arts organizations,[https://nj.gov/state/njsca/pdf/fy2017-njsca-grants-majors-citations.pdf New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Fy17 Citations of Excellence][https://www.nj.gov/state/njsca/pdf/fy18-majors-and-citations.pdf New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Fy18 Citations of Excellence][https://www.nj.gov/state/njsca/assets/pdf/fy19-majors-and-citations.pdf New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Fy19 Citations of Excellence] and was a finalist for the 2017 AWP Small Press Publisher Award.[https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/small_press_publisher_award_previous_winners Association of Writers & Writing Programs | Contests | Small Press Publisher Award Winners & Finalists]

Some notable authors published by Cavankerry Press include Ross Gay, Mary Ruefle, Robert Cording,[https://www.pw.org/small_presses/cavankerry_press Poets & Writers | Small Presses | CavanKerry Press] January Gill O'Neil,[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/january-oneil Poetry Foundation | Poets January Gill O’Neil] Maureen Seaton, Joseph O. Legaspi, Baron Wormser, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Christopher Bursk, and Paola Corso.

Cavankerry Press titles have been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, [https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9678856-2-9 Publishers Weekly Book Review | The Breath of Parted Lips: Voices from the Robert Frost Place | May 2001][https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9678856-0-5 Publishers Weekly Book Review | Kazimierz Square | December 2000] Women’s Review of Books,[https://www.wcwonline.org/WRB-Issues/womens-review-of-books-2016?highlight=WyJqYW51YXJ5IiwiZmVicnVhcnkiLDIwMTYsImlzc3VlIiwiaXNzdWUncyIsImphbnVhcnkgZmVicnVhcnkiLCJqYW51YXJ5IGZlYnJ1YXJ5IDIwMTYiLCJmZWJydWFyeSAyMDE2IiwiMjAxNiBpc3N1ZSJd Women’s Review of Books | 2016 Issues | January/February | Field Notes | A Novel in Verse with the Strengths of Each | (a review by Robin Becker of Esther: A Novel in Verse by Pam Bernard)][https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+Novel+in+Verse+with+the+Strengths+of+Each.-a0441765915 The Free Library | A Novel in Verse with the Strengths of Each | by Robin Becker | Women’s Review of Books | Field Notes | Jan/Feb 2016 | review of Esther: A Novel in Verse by Pam Bernard] Mom Egg Review,[https://momeggreview.com/2019/05/29/cracked-piano-by-margo-taft-stever/ Mom Egg Review | Cracked Piano by Margo Taft Stever | Review by Barbara Ellen Sorensen | May 29, 2019] The Rumpus,[https://therumpus.net/2013/12/door-of-thin-skins-by-shira-dentz/ The Rumpus | door of thin skins by Shira Dentz | Reviewed By Nicole Walker | December 11th, 2013] Cutbank,[http://www.cutbankonline.org/reviews/2015/11/cutbank-reviews-loves-labors-by-brent-newsom Cutbank: The Literary Journal of the University of Montana | CUTBANK REVIEWS: "Love's Labors" by Brent Newsom | November 30, 2015 | Review by Aaron Brown] and other publications; the press has also been featured in articles in The New York Times and Poets & Writers.[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/nyregion/the-next-small-thing.html The New York Times | The Next Small Thing by Robert Strauss | July 10, 2005][https://www.pw.org/content/poetry_for_patients_and_their_families Poets & Writers | News & Trends | Poetry for Patients and Their Families | by Beth Cranwell Alpin | March/April 2013]

The press publishes five to six books a year by emerging, mid-career and established poets, memoirs with the theme "Lives Brought to Life," and collections of poetry and prose exploring "serious physical and/or psychological illness,"[https://duotrope.com/listing/1337/cavankerry-press Duotrope Cavankerry Press Listing] and seeks manuscripts “from the broadest range of writers, including people of color and people with disabilities.”[https://www.pw.org/small_presses/cavankerry_press Poets & Writers | Small Presses] The press is run by founding publisher, senior editor, and clinical psychologist, Joan Cusack Handler,[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/nyregion/the-next-small-thing.html The New York Times | The Next Small Thing by Robert Strauss | July 10, 2005] who is also the author of three poetry collections.[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9678856-0-5 Publishers Weekly | Book Review | Kazimierz Square by Karen Chase | 09/04/2000][https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=joan+cusack+handler&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=1&limitTo=none&fromYear=&toYear=&limitTo=LOCA%3Dall&limitTo=PLAC%3Dall&limitTo=TYPE%3Dall&limitTo=LANG%3Dall&recCount=25 Library of Congress Catalog | Author Search | Joan Cusack Handler] Cavankerry Press titles are distributed by University of Chicago Press.[https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/publisher/pu3432439_3432440.html University of Chicago Press | Titles by Publisher] The press has received support from New Jersey State Council on the Arts,[https://www.nj.gov/state/njsca/assets/pdf/fy20-grants-by-county.pdf New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Fiscal Year 2020 Grant Awards by County | Bergen Country Recipients] the Gold Foundation,[https://www.pw.org/content/poetry_for_patients_and_their_families Poets & Writers | News & Trends | Poetry for Patients and Their Families | by Beth Cranwell Alpin | March/April 2013] and other organizations.[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/nyregion/the-next-small-thing.html The New York Times | The Next Small Thing by Robert Strauss | July 10, 2005]