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Spring Literary Festival

Stay tuned for announcements of our 2024 festival dates and presenters. 

 

  • Poet-in-Residence Dr. Jesse Graves hosts a Q&A session with former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo during the 2018 Spring Literary Festival.

    Poet-in-Residence Dr. Jesse Graves hosts a Q&A session with former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo during the 2018 Spring Literary Festival.

  • Poet-in-Residence Dr. Jesse Graves and former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo before the Sixth Annual Robert "Jack" Higgs Memorial Reading in 2018.

    Poet-in-Residence Dr. Jesse Graves and former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo before the Sixth Annual Robert "Jack" Higgs Memorial Reading in 2018.

  • Keynote speaker Daniel Wallace joins a roundtable discussion with Dr. Jesse Graves and Dr. Scott Honeycutt to discuss his new memoir, This Isn't Going to End Well, and the legacy of William Nealy.

    Keynote speaker Daniel Wallace joins a roundtable discussion with Dr. Jesse Graves and Dr. Scott Honeycutt to discuss his new memoir, This Isn't Going to End Well, and the legacy of William Nealy.

  • Silas House, Dr. Jesse Graves, and graduate students from the Literature and Language Department pause for a photo following the Seventh Annual Robert "Jack" Higgs Memorial Reading in 2019.

    Silas House, Dr. Jesse Graves, and graduate students from the Literature and Language Department pause for a photo following the Seventh Annual Robert "Jack" Higgs Memorial Reading in 2019.

The Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative's Spring Literary Festival consists of two days filled with lectures, readings, and workshops which are open to both ETSU students and the public. Check out our schedule for the 2023 Spring Literary Festival for an example of our various events. 

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