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Creative Writing program hosts poets Didi Jackson and Patrick Paridee Samuel

Posted by on Thursday, December 4, 2025 in event, faculty, graduate, reading series, undergraduate.

Vanderbilt’s Creative Writing Program hosted a salon on November 13 with assistant professor Didi Jackson and fellow poet Patrick Sharidee Samuel. They discussed their recent collections, My Infinity and And Another Thing.

Following the salon, graduate and undergraduate students participated in a book-making workshop and produced their own work.

 

images from the Jackson/Samuel salon
Students attend a literary salon and book-making workshop with Samuel (center left) and Jackson (center right).

For upcoming events, visit the Gertrude C. & Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series.