Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will host three local writers with ties to Vanderbilt at Lyrical Brew: An Evening of Local Poetry, beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 3.
Max McDonough grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but escaped to sub-rural Virginia at 16. When night expeditions to the local Wal-mart parking lot there proved too perilous, he matriculated to the University of Virginia, where he failed to become a surgeon and instead pursued a degree in English. He is recipient of UVA’s Rachel St. Paul Prize in poetry, an MFA candidate at Vanderbilt, and head nonfiction editor of the Nashville Review.
Alicia Marie Brandewie is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at Vanderbilt, where she is a poetry editor and community coordinator for the Nashville Review. She received a B.A. in creative writing from Emory University, along with scholarships to The New Harmony Writers Workshop and the Sewanee Writers Conference.
Alysha Irisari Malo is an interdisciplinary visual artist and writer who lives in Nashville. She works in several media, including poetry, photography, painting, drawing and clay. Born and raised in West Virginia, Malo earned a B.A. in art and art history from Vanderbilt and a BFA in studio art with an emphasis in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently the seventh grade art instructor at Brick Church College Prep, a LEAD charter school. Malo was recently selected as a featured poet and artist in One Drop: Art & Kulcha Magazine’s Shadow Issue and given a 12-page spread.
Contact: John Lasiter, (615) 414-4870
john.lasiter@vanderbilt.edu