{"product_id":"tennessee-landscape-with-blighted-pine-paperback","title":"Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine: Poems Volume 9 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesse Graves\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Graves was born and raised in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, where his ancestors settled in the 1780s. His poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner, Southern Quarterly, Connecticut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, anthologies, and collections. He teaches at East Tennessee State University, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I admire the assurance, the formal authority of Graves' craft.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Robert Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Here is a welcome new voice offering strengths in craftsmanship and music, but always grounded in a profound sense of place. Read these poems for their wisdom, listen closely to their cadence, let them take you where they will.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--­­­Jeff Daniel Marion\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine is more than an extraordinary first book. These poems have the music, wisdom, and singular voice of a talent fully realized, and make abundantly clear that Jesse Graves is one of America's finest young poets.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ron Rash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJESSE GRAVES was born and raised in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, where his ancestors settled in the 1780s. His poems and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConnecticut Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, anthologies, and collections. He teaches writing and literature classes at East Tennessee State University, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165319925895,"sku":"9781933896717","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/264f007489dda399999bd4260c5dd1f2.webp?v=1733312696","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tennessee-landscape-with-blighted-pine-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}