{"id":6879,"date":"2026-04-06T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/?p=6879"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:16:51","slug":"creative-writing-mfa-graduate-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/creative-writing-mfa-graduate-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing Program to host reading of MFA graduates &#8211; April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 23, the Creative Writing Program will celebrate our graduating cohort with a reception and reading of new work, featuring <strong>Langston Cotman<\/strong>, <strong>Kumari Devarajan<\/strong>, <strong>Ajla Dizdarevi\u0107, Sydney Mayes, Athena Nassar,<\/strong> and <strong>Iman Saleem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 23<\/p>\n<p>Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall<\/p>\n<p>6:00 PM Reception<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM Reading<\/p>\n<p>Open to the public<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6850 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026.png 1429w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026-732x1024.png 732w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/third-year-reading-poster-2026-1097x1536.png 1097w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/news\/\">MORE NEWS<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 23, the Creative Writing Program will celebrate our graduating cohort with a reception and reading of new work, featuring Langston Cotman, Kumari Devarajan, Ajla Dizdarevi\u0107, Sydney Mayes, Athena Nassar, and Iman Saleem. &nbsp; Thursday, April 23 Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall 6:00 PM Reception 7:00 PM Reading Open to the public &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":6849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,14,6],"tags":[5],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-31-163920.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6879"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6900,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6879\/revisions\/6900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}