Lee Conell’s debut story collection, Subcortical, explores the brain’s strange connections
…anguish. In “Unit Cell,” Sheila, a biologist researching DNA replication (at a Nashville university that sounds suspiciously like Vanderbilt, where Conell received her M.F.A. degree), looks into her lab trays…
Billy Collins, former poet laureate, talks with Chapter 16 about why we’re all born for poetry—and how school kills it for kids
…poetry. Collins: Well, I think we all are. [This interview was originally published on November 11, 2010. It has been updated to reflect new book and event information.] Margaret Renkl…
Denise Kiernan tells the story of building the Biltmore
…Asheville. George W. Vanderbilt, scion of the wealthy shipping and rail dynasty, had grown up in a vast, block-wide mansion on Fifth Avenue. A bookish, frail man and the youngest…
Coming in 2018 from Vanderbilt University Press: People Only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley
…in recognition of that achievement, Vanderbilt University Press announced that it will publish an anthology of Ridley’s most memorable film reviews. People Only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing…
Jenny Offill discusses the unexpected success of Dept. of Speculation
…Fiction. She earned her M.F.A. at Vanderbilt University, and her debut story collection, Subcortical, will be published in November 2017 by the Johns Hopkins University Press. She lives in Nashville….
Novelist Meg Wolitzer talks about time, friendship, and why you can’t go home again
…that, like most writers I know, I was thrilled by Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize. [This article appeared originally on March 19, 2014. It has been updated to reflect…
