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Newly Published: Akshya Saxena’s Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice
Feb. 23, 2023—Congratulations to Akshya Saxena on the publication of Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice (University of California Press), a book for which she served as coeditor. The volume “introduces accent as a powerfully coded yet underexplored mode of perception that includes looking, listening, acting, reading, and thinking. This volume convenes...
VU Students Invited to Submit for the 2023 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize
Feb. 1, 2023—The Vanderbilt English and Creative Writing Department is happy to announce that submissions are open for the 2023 Academy of American Poets’ “Student Poetry Prize.” Please follow the guidelines from the flyer below and submit up to three poems to rene.colehour@vanderbilt.edu by March 1, 2023. Click here to download a printable PDF copy of the...
Allison Schachter a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies
Jan. 19, 2023—Allison Schachter’s monograph Jewish Women Writing Modernity, 1919-1939 is a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies. A link to purchase the book can be found here. Congratulations Dr. Allison Schachter!
Major Jackson Named New Host of Daily Poetry Podcast “The Slowdown”
Jan. 12, 2023—Starting January 24, Major Jackson, Vanderbilt Professor of English and the Director of the Creative Writing Program, will take over the hosting duties of the daily poetry podcast, “The Slowdown.” He will replace Ada Limón, who is leaving to become the next U.S. poet laureate. For more information on the announcement and podcast, click...
Jill Bialosky, Poetry Reading – March 2, 7 PM in Buttrick 101
Jan. 7, 2023—♦March 2, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: Jill Bialosky, poetry Jill Bialosky‘s newest volume of poetry Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry, four critically acclaimed novels, including The Prize, and most recently, The Deceptions, and two...
John Murillo, Poetry Reading – February 23, 7 PM in Buttrick 101
Jan. 6, 2023—♦ February 23, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: John Murillo, poetry John Murillo is the author of two poetry collections. His most recent book, Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry, won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Poetry Society of Virginia’s North American Book Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry and the NAACP...
Katie Kitamura, Fiction Reading – February 9, 7 PM in Buttrick 101
Jan. 5, 2023—♦ February 9, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: Katie Kitamura, fiction | Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies Katie Kitamura is the author of four works of fiction, including the novel Intimacies, one of The New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2021, and one of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2021. Her work has been translated...
Megha Majumdar, Fiction Reading – January 26, 7 PM in Buttrick 101
Jan. 5, 2023—♦ January 26, 7 PM, Buttrick 101: Megha Majumdar, fiction Megha Majumdar is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Editors’ Choice A Burning, which was also selected as one of Margaret Atwood’s “Quarantine Reads,” a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick, and a Book of the Month Pick. She was born and raised in Kolkata,...
Listen to VU Professor Allison Schachter Discuss Yiddish Culture on Public Radio
Nov. 17, 2022—Allison Schachter, Vanderbilt University Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and English, appeared on the Nov. 14 broadcast of Cincinnati Edition to discuss a recent surge in interest in Yiddish language and culture. Listen to the broadcast by clicking here.
Uwem Akpan, Fiction Reading – November 10, 7 PM in Buttrick 101
Nov. 4, 2022—♦November 10, 7 PM in Buttrick 101: Uwem Akpan, fiction Uwen Akpan is the author of the novel New York, My Village. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, Hekima Review, and The Nigerian Guardian. His first book, Say You’re One of Them, an Oprah Book Club selection, received the...