Awards
- Winner of the 2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award in Poetry
- An Over the Rainbow selection by the American Library Association
- Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry
- Longlist finalist for the Julie Suk Award for the best book of poetry published by an independent or university press in 2015
Reviews
In Whatever Light Left to Us
Pelvis with Distance
- The Rumpus
- O, The Oprah Magazine, O’s Circle of Friends
- Chronicling Georgia O’Keeffe
- American Book Review
- Library Journal
- Publishers Weekly
- Gulf Stream Literary Magazine
- Los Angeles Review
- Big Bang Poetry
- Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews
Interviews
- Interview with Gabrielle Brant Freeman on In Whatever Light Left to Us
- The Cloudy House, “Jessica Jacobs on Pelvis with Distance”
- Chris Rice Cooper, “Practicing Secular Kenosis”
- Creative Loafing, “Asheville poets Nickole Brown and Jessica Jacobs document their upbringings and marriage through verse”
- Arkansas Times, “Your Reader and Witness,” with Nickole Brown
- Hendrix College Aonian, “Interview with Poet and Professor Jessica Jacobs”
- The Poet’s Grin, “Two Poets, Four Hearts: Nickole Brown & Jessica Jacobs”
- Iron Horse Literary Review, “Duets Issue,” with Nickole Brown
Coverage
- The Advocate, “The 30 Best Books You Missed in 2015”
- Poets & Writers
- Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC
- The Laurel of Asheville, Asheville, NC
- Lavender Magazine, Minneapolis, MN
- WUKY: National Public Radio, “Bookmarks,” Lexington, KY
- Artvoice, Buffalo, NY
- Art Mag, Charleston, SC
Audio
- “Wordplay” with Jeff Davis and Lockie Hunter (reading from In Whatever Light Left to Us: begins at 2:30) on Asheville FM, Asheville, NC, June 2016
- “Michelle Meow Show,” Progressive Voices, San Francisco, CA, February 2016
- “Wordplay” with Jeff Davis and Lockie Hunter (reading from Pelvis with Distance) on Asheville FM, Asheville, NC, June 2015
- “Talk with Me” (interview) on Lawrence Hits, Lawrence, KS, March 2015
- “Sex, Suddenly, Everywhere,” Adroit Journal, 2017
- “Primer,” Rattle, #37, Summer 2012
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