{"id":6674,"date":"2026-03-05T21:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:21:09","slug":"mfa-alums-max-mcdonough-and-kiyoko-reidy-to-join-reading-series-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/mfa-alums-max-mcdonough-and-kiyoko-reidy-to-join-reading-series-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA alums Max McDonough and Kiyoko Reidy to join reading series \u2013 April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, April 2<\/strong>
\n6:30 PM Literary Salon
\n7:00 PM Reading
\n8:00 PM Book Signing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vanderbilt Special Collections Library
\n1101 19th Ave South
\nNashville, TN 37212<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Max McDonough<\/a>\u2019s debut poetry collection, Python with a Dog Inside It<\/em><\/a>, won the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press. His poetry and prose have been published in the New York Times, POETRY, AGNI, Ecotone, T Magazine, Northwest Review, Best New Poets, <\/em>and Adroit Journal, <\/em>among others. He earned his MFA from Vanderbilt University and his BA from the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Kiyoko Reidy<\/a> is a writer and educator from East Tennessee. Her debut poetry collection Black Holes and Their Feeding Habits<\/em><\/a> was released with Terrapin Books in 2025. <\/span>She received a MFA from Vanderbilt University and a BS from the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison. She has served as Editor in Chief for the Nashville Review<\/em> and Poetry Editor for the Madison Review<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This event is part of the Gertrude C. & Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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