{"id":6910,"date":"2026-04-09T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:04:43","slug":"april-16-melissa-range-to-be-featured-in-vanderbilt-reading-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/april-16-melissa-range-to-be-featured-in-vanderbilt-reading-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Range to join Vanderbilt Reading Series &#8211; April 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VU Literary Prize Winner <a href=\"https:\/\/melissarange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Range<\/a> will join the Vanderbilt Reading Series, after publishing her new collection of poems, <em>Printer&#8217;s Fist<\/em>, with Vanderbilt University Press in April 2026. The Reading Series and The Press will co-host the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 16<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alumni Hall 202 &#8211; 23rd Ave N, Nashville, TN<br \/>\n6:00 Literary Salon &amp; Reception<br \/>\n7:00 Reading<br \/>\n8:00 Book Signing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6938\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-1536x1130.png 1536w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/Range-1-2048x1507.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Range is the winner of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2025\/08\/06\/poet-melissa-range-awarded-2025-vanderbilt-university-literary-prize\/#:~:text=Printer's%20Fist%2C%20by%20Melissa%20Range,received%20more%20than%20250%20submissions.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Vanderbilt Literary Prize<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<em>Printer\u2019s Fist<\/em>, forthcoming from Vanderbilt University Press in 2026, as well as the\u00a0author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/melissarange.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Scriptorium<\/em><\/a>, a winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series (Beacon Press, 2016), and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/melissarange.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horse and Rider<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Texas Tech University Press, 2010). She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and MacDowell. She teaches creative writing and American literature at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/news\/\">MORE NEWS<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VU Literary Prize Winner Melissa Range will join the Vanderbilt Reading Series, after publishing her new collection of poems, Printer&#8217;s Fist, with Vanderbilt University Press in April 2026. The Reading Series and The Press will co-host the event. 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