Old love songs my granny disparaged/ as longing for the wrong things, telling/ the sand end of wanton desire.
Author
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A native of upper East Tennessee, Jane Hicks is an award-winning poet, teacher, and quilter. Her poetry appears in both journals and numerous anthologies, including Southern Poetry Anthology: Contemporary Appalachia, Southern Poetry Anthology: Tennessee, and Southern Poetry Anthology: Virginia. Her first book, Blood and Bone Remember, won several awards. Her “literary quilts” illustrate the works of playwright Jo Carson and novelists Sharyn McCrumb and Silas House; one became the cover of her own book. The art quilts have toured with these respective authors and were the subject of a feature in Blue Ridge Country Magazine in an issue devoted to arts in the region. Her second poetry book, Driving with the Dead, was named Poetry Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association and was a finalist for The Weatherford Award. Her third book of poetry, The Safety of Small Things, debuted in January 2024.