An interview with Cave Canem poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, author of the collections Open Interval, Black Swan and the forthcoming The Coal Tar Colors.
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Three poems from Cave Canem poet Evie Shockley’s reading at City of Asylum in June 2016.
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In the third of our Writer’s Block installments with Cave Canem faculty, founder Cornelius Eady talks about the future of the organization and its new generation of writers.
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Cave Canem faculty member Amber Flora Thomas on expectations and advice to young writers.
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In the second of three Writer’s Block installments with Cave Canem faculty, Amber Flora Thomas talks about the expectations she faces as a black poet and offers advice to young writers.
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In the first of three Writer’s Block installments with Cave Canem faculty, Willie Perdomo describes the influence of cityscapes on his writing, the characters that call to him, and the sacred space of poetry.
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Cave Canem faculty member and Cornell University professor, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, delivers her poem “Lost”, which documents her harrowing and real experience in the Floridian swamp.
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