Mitchell S. Jackson to join Vanderbilt Reading Series – January 29

Jan. 6, 2026—Thursday, January 29 Book-signing, 6:30 PM Reading, 7:00 PM Vanderbilt Special Collections Library 1101 19th Ave South Nashville, TN 37212         Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and the 2021 National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. His debut novel The Residue Years won a Whiting...

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MFA Student Sydney Mayes Awarded The FSG Writer’s Fellowship

Dec. 18, 2025—The 2026 FSG Writer’s Fellowship has been awarded to the poet Sydney Mayes. President and Publisher of FSG Mitzi Angel says: “Sydney Mayes is a poet of talent and originality. Her work is at once lucid and lyrical, archivally informed and new, cerebral and attentive to the body. Drawing from intimate and national histories, from...

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Aug. 6, 2025—Check out our department calendar for academic deadlines and upcoming events!

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