‘Sublime Americana’
In their new poetry collection, A Little Light in the Grave, Jesse Graves and Larry D. Thacker memorialize their late fathers. The authors will discuss and read from their work at Fischman Gallery in Johnson City on December 3.
Poetry
A Special Alchemy
The soup pot is a portal to a universe of flavor. Nashville poet Major Jackson understands this strange magic and celebrates it in A Bowl of Goodness, a collection of poems and occasional recipes. Jackson brings together the work of such bright lights as former poets laureate Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Natasha Trethewey, and Joy Harjo, alongside fellow Tennessee writers such as Ann Patchett, Lisa Coffman, and Kate Daniels.
Grief Song
In her 12th poetry collection, Cloud Runner, three-term U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo weaves rage, devastation, and hope in a complex portrait of grief.
“Lacrimosa: Charleston (Mother Emanuel, Walter Scott)”
Dana Malone drew upon her musical studies and her journalism and speechwriting career to create the poems in Everyone Begotten, Everything Holy (Poems and Libretto). She’ll appear with Jubal Lee Young at Grimey’s in Nashville on October 8 and at Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville on October 29.
Known Aliens
In his latest poetry collection, Dear Mothership, Marcus Wicker lets us chart planet Earth as though we were aliens. Fueled by a lyricism that feels at once like rap, jazz, and funk, these poems consider what it means to be human, seen through an extraterrestrial lens. Wicker will discuss the book at Novel in Memphis on September 8.
The Rhythms of Grief
In her second poetry collection, Black Lake, Emily Skaja recalls a year of miscarriages and deep grief. Skaja will discuss the book at Novel in Memphis on September 8.
