Spring Literary Festival honors new writing from ETSU faculty, alumni
The two-day 2023 Spring Literary Festival, presented by the Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative, kicked off Wednesday with a total of eight different sessions …
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Three emerging writers visit ETSU
Ciona Rouse, Larry Thacker and Shuly Xóchitl Cawood visted ETSU in a virtual “Three Emerging Writers” event. Rouse is a teaching artist and author of …
Graves discusses poetry amidst adversity during ‘Dessert with the Experts’
ETSU’s poet-in-residence and English professor Jesse Graves delivered a lecture and poetry reading for the fifth installment of the “Dessert with the Experts” series on …
New literary magazine editor talks publishing during pandemic
From Dandridge, Tennessee, Abby Lewis has taken the helm as editor for The Mockingbird, ETSU’s literary magazine. Lewis graduated from ETSU in 2017 and is …
Graves serves as Poet in Residence
ETSU’s Poet in Residence is Dr. Jesse Graves, an avid reader and writer. Graves is from Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, a small town about 40 miles …
ETSU’s Creative Writing Festival returns for the second year
Get your pen and paper ready. East Tennessee State University’s Second Annual Creative Writing Festival will kick off on April 11 at 10 a.m. in …
ETSU to host first annual Creative Writing Festival
A few years ago, a group of professors in the English department came together and decided ETSU needed a creative writing minor. This would allow …