If contemporary is now, as in, change, Kenning is a guidebook of now, the immediate, as in, poetry.
— Edwin TorresThought is that resource particular to our being human. Kenning is its insistent and thoroughly practical instance - in each and every issue.
— Robert CreeleyKenning magazine is a provocative, lively, innovative publication ... with a refreshing seriousness about presentation.
— St. Mark's Poetry Project / "Tiny Press Center"
Kenning editions has published 13 newsletters since its founding in 1998 - two chapbook editions of these, and one of which being an audio edition on double-CD. With its 13th issue, the Kenning newsletter will rest in peace while Kenning editions continues to publish limited edition chapbooks, broadsides, trade paperbacks, and other irregularly scheduled publications. This website provides information on specific titles and samples from out of print back-issues, as well as downloadable mp3 audio files as samples of the recent audio edition.
Kenning is distributed to individuals and the trade by Small Press Distribution. Although subscriptions are no longer offered, direct mailorders from the publisher are possible. For details see "titles" and "ordering" links below. These pages are edited by Patrick F. Durgin, editor and publisher of Kenning editions.
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