Creative Writing
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Poet-memoirist Nick Flynn to read at Vanderbilt University
Writer Nick Flynn will read from his poetry Nov. 10 as part of Vanderbilt Creative Writing Program’s Visiting Writing Series. Read MoreNov 2, 2011
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Faculty featured at Southern Festival of Books Oct. 14-16
Several Vanderbilt faculty members will be featured at this year’s Southern Festival of Books, a celebration of authors, writing and reading. The annual three-day event takes place in downtown Nashville at Legislative Plaza and the Tennessee Capitol Building Oct. 14-16. The festival will feature dozens of authors, including novelists… Read MoreOct 11, 2011
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National Book Award winners to read from work at Vanderbilt
Terrance Hayes and Jaimy Gordon, who each won the National Book Award last spring, will read from their work Sept. 22 at Vanderbilt University as part of the Creative Writing Program’s Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series. Read MoreSep 6, 2011
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In Conversation with Billy Collins
The former U.S. poet laureate discusses his upcoming Vanderbilt residency and the importance of a poem’s ‘shape’ In the opinion of poet Billy Collins, poetry needs to be everywhere. “I think ambushing people with poems on billboards, buses,… Read MoreSep 1, 2011
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“Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . .”: What scholars can learn from novelists – and journalists – about storytelling
Watch video of the Feb. 24 talk by Adam Hochschild, author and journalist, titled “‘Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . .’: What Scholars Can Learn from Novelists–and Journalists–about Storytelling.” Hochschild is an award-winning author of six books, including King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial… Read MoreFeb 25, 2011
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Vanderbilt’s Tony Earley elected to Fellowship of Southern Writers
Tony Earley The Blue Star novelist joins group that has included James Dickey, Robert Penn Warren The Fellowship of Southern Writers has elected novelist Tony Earley, a professor at Vanderbilt University, as a member. The FSW was founded in 1987 to recognize and encourage literature in the South. Its… Read MoreNov 23, 2010
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Video: “Motivation, Creativity and (Not) Writing”
Watch video of Paul Silvia speaking about “Motivation, Creativity, and (Not) Writing,” Nov. 4 at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Silvia, associate professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is the author of How to Write A Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive… Read MoreNov 5, 2010
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Distinguished lineup of authors to appear at Vanderbilt this fall
A series of free public readings at Vanderbilt University will kick off this fall with a Sept. 16 appearance by Edward Hirsch, poet, a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and President of the Guggenheim Foundation. Read MoreSep 2, 2010