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Major Jackson Wins Willis Prize for American Poetry
Feb. 13, 2025—Yale Library has awarded Major Jackson the Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry. This award honors a book published in the award period written by an American poet at any point in their career. Congratulations, Major! The announcement from Yale Library can be found here: Yale Library awards 2 prizes honoring the highest...
Recent VU MFA Graduate, Kanak Kapur, Published in The New Yorker
Feb. 9, 2025—Congratulations to Kanak Kapur (MFA ’24), whose short story “Prophecy” was published in The New Yorker! Click here for a link to an interview Deborah Treisman conducted with Kapur about the story.
February 13 – Fiction Reading with Adam Haslett – Buttrick 101 @ 7 PM
Feb. 4, 2025—FICTION READING with Adam Haslett: February 13 IN BUTTRICK 101 The Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series will host fiction author Adam Haslett for a book signing and a fiction reading on February 13 in Buttrick Hall, Room 101. The book signing will start at 6:30, followed by the reading which will begin promptly...
January 30 – Ottessa Moshfegh – Fiction Reading – Buttrick 101 @ 7 PM
Jan. 21, 2025—Ottessa Moshfefh Fiction Reading: January 30 @ 7 PM in Buttrick 101 The Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series will host Ottessa Moshfegh for a fiction reading on January 30 at 7 PM in Buttrick Hall, Room 101. Click here for a downloadable copy of the poster for the event. Click here to download the...
January 16 – Aimee Nezhukumatathil – Poetry Reading – Begonia Labs @ 7 PM
Jan. 9, 2025—♦ January 16: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Poetry, Begonia Labs Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the poetry collections Oceanic, Lucky Fish, At the Drive-in Volcano, Miracle Fruit, and the essay collections Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees and World of Wonder. With poet Ross Gay, she is also co-author Lace &...
VU Creative Writing Newsletter Out Now!
Jan. 8, 2025—Volume 3 of the Vanderbilt Creative Writing Newsletter (Fall ’24) is out now. The annual newsletter features program and department news, while spotlighting students, faculty and alumni. Click the image below to access it or visit this page to access all volumes of the newsletter.
Allison Schachter Receives Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies from the MLA
Dec. 12, 2024—Congratulations to Dr. Allison Schachter, Winkelried Family Chair in Jewish Studies, whose book Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919-1939 was awarded the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies from the MLA. The committee’s citation of Allison’s book wrote the following: Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919–1939 is a groundbreaking work of scholarship that...
Vanderbilt Literary Prize Winner Stephanie Niu Releases Book Cover of Forthcoming Poetry Collection, ‘I Would Define The Sun’
Dec. 9, 2024—Vanderbilt Literary Prize Winner Stephanie Niu has released the official book cover for her forthcoming poetry collection, I Would Define The Sun. The collection will be released on February 15, 2025. Stephanie Niu’s I Would Define the Sun, awarded the 2024 Vanderbilt University Literary Prize, is a collection of poems that declare the impossibility of...
December 5 – Gregory Pardlo – Poetry Reading – Buttrick Hall 101 @ 7 PM
Dec. 4, 2024—♦ December 5: Gregory Pardlo, Poetry, Buttrick Hall 101 Gregory Pardlo is the author of the poetry collections Spectral Evidence and Digest, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His other books include Totem, winner of the American Poetry Review/ Honickman Prize, and Air Traffic, a memoir in essays....
CANCELLED: November 14 – Brandon Hobson, Fiction Reading, Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall
Nov. 8, 2024—♦ CANCELLED: November 14 – Brandon Hobson, Fiction, Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall Dr. Brandon Hobson is the author of the novels, The Removed, Where the Dead Sit Talking, finalist for the National Book Award, and other books. His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in...