{"id":7400,"date":"2026-08-27T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/?p=7400"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:05:01","slug":"the-gertrude-c-and-harold-s-vanderbilt-reading-series-2026-27-kicks-off-on-september-10-with-us-poet-laureate-natasha-trethewey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/the-gertrude-c-and-harold-s-vanderbilt-reading-series-2026-27-kicks-off-on-september-10-with-us-poet-laureate-natasha-trethewey\/","title":{"rendered":"Gertrude C. & Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series kicks off September 10 with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey\u00a0<\/strong>will kick off the 2026-2027 Gertrude C. & Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series<\/a> on September 10.<\/p>\n

The evening will begin with a literary salon at 6:30 PM, followed by a public reading 7:00 and a book-signing at 8:00.<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 10<\/strong>
\nVanderbilt Special Collections Library, 1101 19th Avenue South, Nashville<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey<\/a> served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014), while also serving as the Poet Laureate of the State of Mississippi (2012-2016). She is the author of the New York Times<\/i> bestseller Memorial Drive: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/i><\/a> (2020) and five collections of poetry, including Monument: Poems New & Selected<\/i><\/a> (2018), which was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2020, she received the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry from the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

The Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series is named in honor of Vanderbilt founder Cornelius Vanderbilt\u2019s great-grandson and his wife. Each semester, the series brings several professional writers to campus to read from their works and visit classes. This unique and extraordinary program gives English department students and faculty, the Vanderbilt community, and Nashville\u2019s citizens a chance to meet and talk with some of the best writers of our day.<\/p>\n

To learn more about upcoming events and Creative Writing program news, visit the Vanderbilt Reading Series <\/span>website<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>social media<\/span><\/a> channels, and sign up for the monthly newsletter <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Natasha’s full press release can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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