Lyrical Brew

The Vanderbilt Bookstore's monthly poetry night, 'Lyrical Brew', will feature noted Nashville poet Ciona Rouse introducing novelist Rebecca Wells reading, discussing, and signing her books, including the best-selling Ya-Ya Sisterhood series. Read More

Wyatt Prunty, the Ogden P. Carlton Professor of Literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and founder and director of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, will read from his latest collection of poems "Couldn’t Prove, Had to Promise" beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read More

Brenda Butka (Vanderbilt University) Her patients know that Brenda Butka, director of pulmonary rehabilitation at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, is interested in the rhythm of their breaths. However, they may be surprised to learn she has a deep affinity and talent for poetic rhythms, too. Butka, a… Read More