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English Major Amelia Day releases EP for Immersion Project
Feb. 27, 2023—English major Amelia Day has released an EP as part of her Immersion project. With support from the Joe C. Davis Fund, which supports Immersion projects, she was able to work with a professional music producer in Nashville to produce her first EP Eastward of Eden. More info on the project can be read here....
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...
The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy’s 2023 Poetry Contest Open
Feb. 15, 2023—The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy is open for poetry submissions from students currently enrolled in any Tennessee college or university. This is in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Department of English and MFA Program in Creative Writing. Submissions are due by midnight CT on March 15, 2023. More info can be found here.
Lydia Conklin – PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection Finalist
Feb. 6, 2023—Congratulations to Assistant Professor of English, Lydia Conklin for being a finalist for one of the Pen America Literary Awards. The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize is presented to an author whose debut collection of short stories represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise for future work. More info on the awards can be found...
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...
Lorrie Moore – Time’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023
Dec. 20, 2022—Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English Lorrie Moore’s forthcoming novel is listed as one of the most anticipated books of 2023 by Time Magazine. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home is scheduled for publication on June 20, 2023 “Lorrie Moore’s first novel since 2009’s A Gate at the Stairs is a century-spanning ghost...
Allison Schachter – Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize
Dec. 7, 2022—Congratulations to Allison Schachter, Vanderbilt University Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and English, who has been awarded the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies. She has been awarded for her translation From the Jewish Provinces: Selected Stories by Fradl Shtok, published by Northwestern University Press. You can read the full press release...
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.