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Nov 26, 202412 min read
Poetry by Pauletta Hansel, Sylvia Woods, Diana Day, Matt Prater, and James Long
Welcome friends and fellow travelers to a full serving at the Poets’ Table, Samhain Edition. Here in Johnson City, Tennessee, we have...
Aug 12, 202415 min read
Poetry from Cathryn Hankla, James Owens, Linda Behrend, Lee Clark Zumpe, Hilda Downer, and Andrew Lee Butler
Hello, and welcome to the drive-through window of the Poets’ Table. May I take your order? I have imagined from the start that our poetry...
May 28, 20244 min read
I Carry the Mountains with Me Wherever I Go: Remembering Fred Chappell
By Jesse Graves | Imagine for a moment, a boy and his father building an ornate wooden bridge over a backyard creek, conceived as a...
May 28, 202410 min read
Poetry by Ian Hall, Stacey Lounsberry, Mitzi Dorton, Frederick Wilbur, and Marc Harshman
Poets love the later days of spring and the early days of summer. We love the wildflowers and the leaf-sprouts that shake us from our...
Feb 17, 202410 min read
Poetry by Connie Jordan Green, Danny P. Barbare, Morgan Boyer, Fred Waage, and Larry D. Thacker
Welcome, dreamers. I have always imagined that the poetry experience of Appalachian Places happens around a table in the corner of some...
Nov 28, 20239 min read
Poetry by Jim Minick, Darnell Arnoult, Bart Sides, Kevin LeMaster and Arthur Smith
Poetry by Jim Minick, Darnell Arnoult, Bart Sides, Kevin LeMaster and Arthur Smith
Nov 10, 20236 min read
A conversation with Jim Minick
A conversation with Jim Minick | I first heard the name Jim Minick from the advice of poet Linda Parsons at the 2023 TN Mountain Writers ...
Aug 7, 20239 min read
Poetry by Maurice Manning, KB Ballentine, Alan May, Sharon Ackerman
High summer has arrived in the mountains and foothills of East Tennessee, and we embrace the heat, Dear Reader, with poems that refresh ...
May 16, 20239 min read
A conversation with Kari Gunter-Seymour
By Lacy Snapp | I first met Kari Gunter-Seymour in 2020 the same way that you’d expect during that time: in little rectangular Zoom boxes...
May 16, 202313 min read
Poetry: Kari Gunter-Seymour, Catherine Hamrick, Jessica Cory, Reneé Critcher Lyons, John Thomas York
Welcome back to the poetry corner of Appalachian Places, and if this your first time visiting us, please take a few moments to browse our...
Feb 28, 20235 min read
A friendship rooted in shared passions continues to bloom in Appalachia
By Seth Grindstaff | A number of years ago when I opened my new copy of Jeff Daniel Marion’s collection of poetry...
Feb 28, 202312 min read
Poetry by G.C. Waldrep, Elaine Fowler Palencia, William Rieppe Moore and Sam Campbell
Poetry by G.C. Waldrep, Elaine Fowler Palencia, William Rieppe Moore, and Sam Campbell
Nov 21, 20227 min read
Poetry by Don Johnson, Denton Loving, Thomas Alan Holmes and Sam Barbee
Poetry by Don Johnson, Denton Loving, Thomas Alan Holmes and Sam Barbee
Oct 8, 202217 min read
Remembering Jeff Daniel Marion: Poems and Remembrances for Appalachian Places
On July 29, 2021, Appalachia lost one of its most beloved and esteemed poets, East Tennessee’s own Jeff Daniel Marion. Read more ...
Oct 8, 20229 min read
Poetry by Jonathan Johnson, Tony Reevy, Beth Copeland and Isabel Gómez Sobrino
Poetry by Jonathan Johnson, Tony Reevy, Beth Copeland and Isabel Gómez Sobrino
Jul 29, 20228 min read
Poetry by Micah Daniel McCrotty, Linda Parsons, and Rita Sims Quillen
Poetry by Micah Daniel McCrotty, Linda Parsons, and Rita Quillen
Apr 5, 20228 min read
Poetry by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Susan O’Dell Underwood, and Marianne Worthington
Poetry by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Susan O’Dell Underwood, and Marianne Worthington
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Fred Chappell
February 15, 2022: Fred Chappell set of 6 poems: La Vergogna; Adagio, Pizzicato; Diminuendo lento; "Give Us This Day"; Intervals; Imprimatur
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Cried Green Tomatoes
By Frank X. Walker
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Naomi to Coco: Whispered at the Net
By Frank X. Walker
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