Jesse Lee Kercheval
@jesselkercheval.bsky.social
Poet, writer, translator (UY poetry), comics. Pitt Poetry Series, Fieldmouse Press, etc. Editor, Wisconsin Poetry Series, UW Press. Emerita CW Prof, UW-Madison, Rep Gail Hochman. Graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL, WaPo 10 Best Graphic Novel 2024
Pinned
French Girl — Fieldmouse Press
by Jesse Lee Kercheval Told in a series of stories that blend boldly expressionistic and dreamlike colors with spare and unflinching text, French Girl is Jesse Lee Kercheval’s debut graphic memoir....
www.fieldmouse.press
My graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL is out from @fieldmousepress.bsky.social ! You can order it here: www.fieldmouse.press/shop/p/frenc...
Thanks to The Rumpus for publishing my graphic memoir piece "Irregular Heart" therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...?
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Thanks to The Rumpus for publishing my graphic memoir piece "Irregular Heart" therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...?
Thanks, Black Warrior Review! bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thanks, Black Warrior Review! bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
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Thanks to @therumpus.net for publishing my graphic narrative "Irregular Heart". therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...
Irregular Heart - The Rumpus
When she was pregnant with me, my mother said she could see her future like a train, coming to run her down.
therumpus.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to @therumpus.net for publishing my graphic narrative "Irregular Heart". therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Thanks to FivePoints and Alicia Raines for this interview with me. And for publishing my graphic narrative "Birds" in their latest issue! fivepoints.gsu.edu/the-art-of-g...
"The Art of Graphic Narratives," An Interview with Jesse Lee Kercheval - Five Points - A Journal of Literature and Art
Jesse Lee Kercheval is a novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, and graphic novelist. Her graphic essay, “Birds,” was published in our most recent issue of Five Points (Vol. 24. No. 1), and h...
fivepoints.gsu.edu
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks to FivePoints and Alicia Raines for this interview with me. And for publishing my graphic narrative "Birds" in their latest issue! fivepoints.gsu.edu/the-art-of-g...
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
I follow @jesselkercheval.bsky.social's work with great interest. This one really transported me! Check it out.
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I follow @jesselkercheval.bsky.social's work with great interest. This one really transported me! Check it out.
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
back in the studio after the book tour!
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
back in the studio after the book tour!
Thanks to @therumpus.net for publishing my graphic narrative "Irregular Heart". therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...
Irregular Heart - The Rumpus
When she was pregnant with me, my mother said she could see her future like a train, coming to run her down.
therumpus.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to @therumpus.net for publishing my graphic narrative "Irregular Heart". therumpus.net/2025/11/07/i...
back in the studio after the book tour!
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
back in the studio after the book tour!
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Another amazing graphic story by @jesselkercheval.bsky.social. Love it!
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Another amazing graphic story by @jesselkercheval.bsky.social. Love it!
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Beautiful graphic memoir piece here from @jesselkercheval.bsky.social
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Beautiful graphic memoir piece here from @jesselkercheval.bsky.social
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thanks, Black Warrior Review for publishing my new graphic memoir piece "Pink"--about silent movies, living in color and the sadness of my sister fading from my life. bwr.ua.edu/special-art-...?
Last day to submit!
One week left to submit your poetry manuscript, translators! $1500 prize, publication by University of Wisconsin Press in their prestigious Wisconsin Poetry Series. You can submit more than one year (different judge) and more than one manuscript.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last day to submit!
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One week left to submit your poetry manuscript, translators! $1500 prize, publication by University of Wisconsin Press in their prestigious Wisconsin Poetry Series. You can submit more than one year (different judge) and more than one manuscript.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One week left to submit your poetry manuscript, translators! $1500 prize, publication by University of Wisconsin Press in their prestigious Wisconsin Poetry Series. You can submit more than one year (different judge) and more than one manuscript.
Reposted by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Flores Raras at ALTA!
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Flores Raras at ALTA!
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If you are going to American Literary Translators Association conference in Tucson, I'll be reading from Flores raras, 55 Uruguayan women poets at the off-site reading below and a panel on translating the work, New Visions, New Versions: Uruguayan Women Poets, Friday at 3:45 in Copper C.
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you are going to American Literary Translators Association conference in Tucson, I'll be reading from Flores raras, 55 Uruguayan women poets at the off-site reading below and a panel on translating the work, New Visions, New Versions: Uruguayan Women Poets, Friday at 3:45 in Copper C.
Flores Raras at ALTA!
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Flores Raras at ALTA!
If you are going to American Literary Translators Association conference in Tucson, I'll be reading from Flores raras, 55 Uruguayan women poets at the off-site reading below and a panel on translating the work, New Visions, New Versions: Uruguayan Women Poets, Friday at 3:45 in Copper C.
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you are going to American Literary Translators Association conference in Tucson, I'll be reading from Flores raras, 55 Uruguayan women poets at the off-site reading below and a panel on translating the work, New Visions, New Versions: Uruguayan Women Poets, Friday at 3:45 in Copper C.
One week left to submit your poetry manuscript, translators! $1500 prize, publication by University of Wisconsin Press in their prestigious Wisconsin Poetry Series. You can submit more than one year (different judge) and more than one manuscript.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One week left to submit your poetry manuscript, translators! $1500 prize, publication by University of Wisconsin Press in their prestigious Wisconsin Poetry Series. You can submit more than one year (different judge) and more than one manuscript.
Today in Madrid/ Hoy en Madrid!
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Today in Madrid/ Hoy en Madrid!
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Translators! Send in your book length poetry translation! $1500 prize, publication by the University of Wisconsin Press! You can resubmit--different judge every year!
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Translators! Send in your book length poetry translation! $1500 prize, publication by the University of Wisconsin Press! You can resubmit--different judge every year!
Thanks to FivePoints and Alicia Raines for this interview with me. And for publishing my graphic narrative "Birds" in their latest issue! fivepoints.gsu.edu/the-art-of-g...
"The Art of Graphic Narratives," An Interview with Jesse Lee Kercheval - Five Points - A Journal of Literature and Art
Jesse Lee Kercheval is a novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, and graphic novelist. Her graphic essay, “Birds,” was published in our most recent issue of Five Points (Vol. 24. No. 1), and h...
fivepoints.gsu.edu
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks to FivePoints and Alicia Raines for this interview with me. And for publishing my graphic narrative "Birds" in their latest issue! fivepoints.gsu.edu/the-art-of-g...
Ten years ago tonight--the book launch for Circe Maia's The Invisible Bridge. The first book of Uruguayan poetry I translated--and still my favorite!
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Ten years ago tonight--the book launch for Circe Maia's The Invisible Bridge. The first book of Uruguayan poetry I translated--and still my favorite!