Personal Perspectives: Published on Psychology Today
I can count on my one hand the women I know—friends or patients—whose relationship with their mothers is not the root of their most troubled selves. Virtually every woman I know has a complex relationship with her mother. (The same is true with men and their fathers, but it’s mother and daughter that I’m concerned with here.) It was certainly the most contentious relationship in my own life.
“I Never Visit My Mother’s Grave” receives honorable mention in New Jersey Poet’s Prize
Part 3 of my poem “I Never Visit My Mother’s Grave” recently received an honorable mention from the New Jersey Poet’s Prize, sponsored by the Journal of New Jersey Poets. To read the full poem, download here.
Why CavanKerry is publishing memoirs
CavanKerry has a wonderful new video that explains the reasoning behind our new Memoir imprint, of which Confessions of Joan the Tall is the inaugural title. [vimeo 55330570]
My latest post on CavanKerry’s blog
My latest entry is a very special thank you to Judi and John Hannan for hosting the latest literary salon to benefit CavanKerry. Read it here.
Confessions has a book trailer!
I am thrilled to share the book trailer for Confessions!
My interview with Nin Andrews
Nin Andrews has interviewed me for CavanKerry’s blog. You can find it here: Part 1: Nin Andrews Interviews Joan Cusack Handler Part 2: Nin Andrews Interviews Joan Cusack Handler
Thrilled to announce the publication of “Confessions”
Confessions of Joan the Tall By Joan Cusack Handler Channeling the indelible voice of her 11-and-three-quarters year-old self, poet and psychologist Joan Cusack Handler travels back to her Irish-Catholic Bronx childhood, circa 1954, in her candid, poignant, and witty new memoir, CONFESSIONS OF JOAN THE TALL (CavanKerry Press; November 2012; $21.00). Told in a […]
Good News!
I’m delighted to say that Arlene Sahraie, the Library Services Director of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) has asked me to be the BCCLS Writer of the Month for April, National Poetry Month. And yes, she does know that Confessions is prose.
My new series on CavanKerry’s blog
I have a new reoccurring blog series on CavanKerry’s blog titled, “The Birth of a Press.” In the series, I discuss what it was like to start the press and what it has taken to keep it running. You can read the first two installments here: Part 1: Start Your Own Press Part 2: The […]