from our own Kerrin McCadden:

Dear Caitlin,

I just want to say what an astonishing read this issue of Poet Lore is. The arc of the poems is stunning.

I love to see if I know anyone else in whatever journal I’m in, and who my neighbor is on the facing page, and what they wrote. I was knocked down to see my roommate from Bread Loaf, and now longtime friend, Ilyse Kusnetz on the facing page! Now we are roommates in a book. I just wanted to let you know how weird and wonderful that was for both of us.

I see Poet Lore is having a reading at AWP. I will look forward to saying hello.

Again, great issue. So pleased to be a part of it.

Cheers, Kerrin

It’s notes like these that remind me why I love what I do!

Read Kerrin’s and Ilyse’s new works in our 120th Anniversary issue.