Passerines
I want to tell you about the thud against the back door, that my man says, “bird.” That later we see its tail sticking out from underneath the siding. That its tail feathers shine […]
Kerrin McCadden
Street View
I Google where I come from in Ireland, drag the orange man to street view and click the spin arrow over and over so I can see it all. I push the white circle as close as I can to the old house, wanting to sit the little man inside it. When I click on […]
The Dead
They worry I won’t keep the graves when they’re gone. See my mother brushing off her hands at her mother’s grave, surveying lots, approving and disapproving care and neglect, my father deep in thought. The trees above them are the gods of Massachusetts, big- handed and quiet, tall fathers approving the play […]
Kerrin McCadden Q&A with advice to young writers
Kerrin McCadden offers some advice to aspiring writers.
Kerrin McCadden Q&A on the genesis of ‘Passerines’
Kerrin McCadden on the genesis of her poem “Passerines.”
Kerrin McCadden
Kerrin McCadden is the author of Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2014), winner of the 2013 New Issues Poetry Prize and the 2015 Vermont Book Award. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Vermont Studio Center, The Frost Place, The Sustainable Arts […]