Peter Guralnick

As the summer blockbuster Elvis hits movie theaters June 24, Vanderbilt professor Kathryn Plummer relives an early career opportunity to play with the legend—and discusses how her experiences recording with some of the music industry’s greats translate into a unique teaching tool in the classroom.    Read More

Watch prominent music writers reflect on Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Presley. Read More

A summit of three of the most prominent music writers in the country will take place at Vanderbilt Oct. 27. Read More

The Gertrude and Harold Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series will host two alumni who are award-winning poets. Anders Carlson-Wee and Nate Marshall will give public readings the week of March 14-18. Read More

What’s remarkable about the M.F.A. program at Vanderbilt is that, although it’s among the best in the nation, it's not cutthroat like other highly regarded programs. In fact, Vanderbilt has adopted a model that seems the very opposite—one that fosters a tight-knit community based on feelings of cooperation and unity. Read More

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A biography of singer-songwriter Sam Cooke will be the fourth book by Peter Guralnick to be declared “a classic in blues literature” by the Blues Hall of Fame. Read More

Vanderbilt students get free admission to a discussion by English professor Peter Guralnick of new enhanced digital editions of two of his classic books, "Feel Like Going Home" and "Lost Highway." Read More

Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing moved up one notch to ninth in the United States in a survey conducted by "Poets & Writers" magazine and reported in its September/October issue. Read More

A documentary about soul singer Solomon Burke will be screened at the Country Music Hall of Fame Saturday, Feb. 9, with remarks by Peter Guralnick, a Vanderbilt University writer-in-residence. Read More

All are invited to a free screening of the documentary "The Blues: Feel Like Going Home" 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, at Sarratt Cinema, introduced by acclaimed music writer Peter Guralnick, who wrote the screenplay for the film directed by Martin Scorsese. Read More

A documentary about seminal American musical figure Sam Phillips will be screened Feb. 9 at Vanderbilt University, with writer Peter Guralnick speaking after the presentation. The free showing of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll, part of the International Lens series at Vanderbilt, is 7 p.m. Read More