Read Jesse's poem "The Kingdom of the Dead" HERE, featured in The Missouri Review Poem of the Week series.
Here's Jesse's interview with Town Creek Poetry.
Past News:
Jesse Graves receives the 2015 James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South from the Fellowship of Southern Writers during the Southern Lit Alliance's Celebration of Southern Literature.
Jesse was featured in Cornell University's Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on November 5, 2014, where he received the Philip H. Freund Prize. Watch the video of the reading here.
Jesse Graves won the 2013 Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award from Morehead State Univeristy.
Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine won the 2012 Weatherford Award for Poetry AND the Appalachian Writers Association Poetry Book of the Year for 2012.
Jesse appeared at the Southern Appalachian Culture Series banquet to receive the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Poetry. Read about the award HERE.
Jesse Graves wins ETSU's 2012 New Faculty Award for the College of Arts & Sciences. Read about it HERE.
Check out this writeup on Jesse's recent poetry reading at ETSU, sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, and the ETSU Department of Appalachian Studies.
Past Events:
"Reading Late" featured in the Writer's Almanac in June 2015.
Jesse read at Lee-McRae College along with Don Johnson on November 3.
Along with poet Denton Loving and fiction author Robert Gipe, Jesse read at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on September 13.
Jesse was a panel participant and held a book signing at Berea College's Appalachian Symposium on September 9.
Jesse lead a poetry workshop on Writers' Day at the Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon, VA, on July 31.
Jesse was invited to read at the Mary B. Martin School for the Arts Volunteer Celebration, April 27, 2015
(pictured, right).
Jesse read at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, April 21, 2015.
Jesse Graves, Don Johnson, and Jeff Daniel Marion appeared at the Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference in March 2015.
Jesse read at Young Harris College in Georgia on October 20, 2014.
ETSU hosted a round-table and reading with poets Jesse Graves and William Wright on March 27, 2014.
Jesse was the featured poet at the 2013 Eureka College Literary Festival. Jesse gave readings on March 1 and 2, and had a panel discussion and poetry workshops on Saturday, March 2.
Appalachian Studies Association panel: New Appalachian Writing: A Roundtable Reading and Discussion featuring Jesse Graves, Karen Salyer MacElmurray, Mark Powell, and Charles Dodd White, Sat. 2:00-3:15 PM, March 23. Whitewater Lounge 220, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Jesse read Saturday, July 14, 3:00, at Union Ave Books in Knoxville, TN: find details HERE.
Jesse Graves gave the 2012 Henrietta Jenkins Poetry Reading at Carson-Newman College. The reading took place Saturday, October 13 at 1:00 PM, followed by a reception and book signing in the Appalachian Center.
Jesse Graves and novelist Charles Dodd White appeared at Northeast State on March 27 for an afternoon and evening reading.
As part of UT Knoxville's "Writers in the Library Series," Jesse Graves, along with poet Don Johnson, held a public reading at the University of Tennessee Library on Monday, April 2, 2012, 7 p.m. Click HERE to view the reading.
The Tennessee Poetry Society- Northeast Branch invited Jesse to lead their annual poetry workshop on June 2, 2012.
"Reading Late" featured in the Writer's Almanac in June 2015.
Jesse read at Lee-McRae College along with Don Johnson on November 3.
Along with poet Denton Loving and fiction author Robert Gipe, Jesse read at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on September 13.
Jesse was a panel participant and held a book signing at Berea College's Appalachian Symposium on September 9.
Jesse lead a poetry workshop on Writers' Day at the Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon, VA, on July 31.
Jesse was invited to read at the Mary B. Martin School for the Arts Volunteer Celebration, April 27, 2015
(pictured, right).
Jesse read at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, April 21, 2015.
Jesse Graves, Don Johnson, and Jeff Daniel Marion appeared at the Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference in March 2015.
Jesse read at Young Harris College in Georgia on October 20, 2014.
ETSU hosted a round-table and reading with poets Jesse Graves and William Wright on March 27, 2014.
Jesse was the featured poet at the 2013 Eureka College Literary Festival. Jesse gave readings on March 1 and 2, and had a panel discussion and poetry workshops on Saturday, March 2.
Appalachian Studies Association panel: New Appalachian Writing: A Roundtable Reading and Discussion featuring Jesse Graves, Karen Salyer MacElmurray, Mark Powell, and Charles Dodd White, Sat. 2:00-3:15 PM, March 23. Whitewater Lounge 220, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Jesse read Saturday, July 14, 3:00, at Union Ave Books in Knoxville, TN: find details HERE.
Jesse Graves gave the 2012 Henrietta Jenkins Poetry Reading at Carson-Newman College. The reading took place Saturday, October 13 at 1:00 PM, followed by a reception and book signing in the Appalachian Center.
Jesse Graves and novelist Charles Dodd White appeared at Northeast State on March 27 for an afternoon and evening reading.
As part of UT Knoxville's "Writers in the Library Series," Jesse Graves, along with poet Don Johnson, held a public reading at the University of Tennessee Library on Monday, April 2, 2012, 7 p.m. Click HERE to view the reading.
The Tennessee Poetry Society- Northeast Branch invited Jesse to lead their annual poetry workshop on June 2, 2012.
