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Vermont Studio CenterVisiting Writer Reading- Kerrin McCadden 05/08/24Kerrin McCadden was the recipient of the 2022 Herb Lockwood Prize for excellence in the arts in Vermont. She is the author of two poetry collections, most recently American Wake (Black Sparrow Press, 2021), finalist for the New England Book Award and the Vermont Book Award. Her poems have appeared in such places as Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, New England Review, The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, and on The Slowdown. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, The Vermont Arts Council, The Vermont Ar...
2024-05-1421 min
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily815: My Mother Talks to Her Son About Her HeartToday’s poem is My Mother Talks to Her Son About Her Heart by Kerrin McCadden. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I marvel at our capacity to love each other, beyond artificial categories and social boundaries. I am awed by how we fill in the gaps for each other.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp
2023-02-1606 min
The Chapbook11. Kerrin McCadden: When Chapbook Meets Full-Length (pt. 2)Ross & Noah sit down with poet Kerrin McCadden [in this two-episode conversation] to talk about the intersections between her chapbook Keep This to Yourself (Button Poetry) and her full-length collection American Wake (Black Sparrow Press). Keep This to Yourself is the 2018 winner of the Button Poetry Prize. American Wake is McCadden's second full-length collection. Her debut, Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (New Issues Poetry & Prose), won the inaugural Vermont Book Award in 2015. A recent National Endowment for the Arts fellowship awardee, McCadden’s poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, and rece...
2021-08-2611 minThe Chapbook10. Kerrin McCadden: When Chapbook Meets Full-Length (pt. 1)PART ONE OF TWO: Kerrin McCadden, author of KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF, makes a compelling case for the chapbook, even when many of the poems are headed into a full-length collection.Ross & Noah sit down with poet Kerrin McCadden to talk about the intersections between her chapbook Keep This to Yourself (Button Poetry) and her full-length collection American Wake (Black Sparrow Press). Keep This to Yourself is the 2018 winner of the Button Poetry Prize. American Wake is McCadden's second full-length collection. Her debut, Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (New Issues Poetry & Prose), won the inaugural Vermont Book Award...
2021-08-1914 min
Muse MentorsKerrin McCadden is a PoemKerrin McCadden's new collection of poems called American Wake is made of the stuff of life --subjects like family, divorce, raising children, love and even her brother's tragic death by drug overdose are poignantly bound together by her strong Irish Heritage and her family's immigrant story. American Wake, is an actual term that refers to a kind of "Irish wake-style" farewell party that was thrown for Irish families the night before before they set sail for America. A lot of us dabble in ancestry and build family trees, but Kerrin McCadden has made it a way of life. Kerrin i...
2021-06-251h 03
Rattle Poetryep. 94 - Kerrin McCaddenRattlecast #94 features frequent contributor Kerrin McCadden and her new book, American Wake.
Kerrin McCadden is the author of American Wake, coming in March, 2021, from Black Sparrow Press. Her debut collection, Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes, won the Vermont Book Award and the New Issues Poetry Prize. Her chapbook, Keep This to Yourself, was awarded the Button Poetry Prize. McCadden has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award. Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, and in such journals as American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Jo...
2021-05-261h 49Truer WordsSamantha KolberSamantha has received a Ruth Stone Poetry Prize and a Vermont Poetry Society prize, and her manuscript “Jewel Tones” was a semifinalist with the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry’s 2019 First Book Prize. She coordinates author events at Bear Pond Books and is the Poetry Series Editor at Rootstock Publishing. Her chapbook, “Birth of a Daughter,” is availabl now from Kelsay Books. Samantha can be found on Instagram @sampoetmfa and Twitter @Samanthakolber. Her website is SamanthaKolber.com. Mentioned in this Episode: Museum of the City of New York Something to Talk About by Meryl Wils...
2020-09-211h 22
The Hive Poetry CollectiveSeason 2 Episode 5 Julie Murphy Interviews Kerrin McCaddenIn this episode, Julie Murphy interviews Kerrin McCadden about her chapbook Keep This to Yourself, winner of the 2020 Button Poetry Prize. Don’t miss Kerrin's beautiful, honest poems and this soulful conversation about family, addiction, and loss. Aired March 22, 2020 on KSQD 90.7 FM. Keep This to Yourself will be released March 24, 2020!
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Kerrin McCadden:
Facebook
Twitter @kerrinmccadden
Los Angeles Review
Keep This to Yourself:
Button Poetry
Amazon
Addiction & Substance Use Disorder Resources:
Websites:
santacruzhealth.org
www.samhs...
2020-03-2358 min