{"id":8324,"date":"2009-07-28T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T02:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2009-07-28T19:38:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T02:38:58","slug":"if-you-are-or-if-you-know-a-poet-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8324","title":{"rendered":"If You Are, Or If You Know, A Poet Of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it’s serendipity or synchronicity, or both, now that there is discussion here on Alas about racism in the publishing industry, I have received the following email from the publisher of my first book of poems, CavanKerry Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dear Friend of CavanKerry:<\/p>\n

Decisions about manuscripts received during our Winter 2009 submission period are in the final stage and decisions will be completed soon.<\/p>\n

Absent among our finalists are titles by authors of color. We’d like to include a more diverse population of writers — and perhaps you can help.<\/p>\n

If you know any writers of color whose work is ready for publication, we’d appreciate your notifying them to submit asap.<\/p>\n

Writers must reside in the United States and manuscripts must be in polished state — ready for publication. Writers may submit for one category: New Voices (not yet a published author), Notable Voices or LaurelBooks. Writers should go to www.cavankerrypress.org<\/a>, for more information and read CKP’s guidelines carefully. We will accept submissions until August 31.<\/p>\n

Thanks so much.<\/p>\n

Joan<\/p>\n

Joan Cusack Handler
\nCavanKerry Press Ltd.
\nA not -for-profit literary press serving art and community
\n6 Horizon Road #2901
\nFort Lee, New Jersey 07024
\n201–670–9065
\nwww.cavankerrypress.org.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CavanKerry has, or will soon, publish some fine writers of color, such as Joseph Legaspi<\/a>, Ross Gay<\/a> and January O’Neill<\/a>. I know the press has published other writers of color, but these three I happen to know about personally. I also know the press is sincere in trying to diversify their list; I was part of a discussion about that subject at one of the annual “summits” the press holds for the people it publishes. CKP makes beautiful, beautiful books–just check out the cover of my book, The Silence Of Men<\/em><\/a>, and they are well worth a try if you are, or someone you know is, a poet of color with a book of poems ready to publish. If you do submit a manuscript, by all means tell CKP that you heard about the opportunity from me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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