New work by Diann Blakely appears on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s website
Poet Diann Blakely, a graduate of both the University of the South and Vanderbilt University, begins this week on a great note: The Chronicle of Higher Education has just featured…
In Reasonable Atheism, a pair of Vanderbilt professors argue that atheism is as morally defensible as any religious tradition
…notion of a supreme spiritual authority, they are often derided as amoral, libertine, or, in perhaps the biggest slight of all, moral relativists. In Reasonable Atheism, Vanderbilt philosophy professors Scott…
Roy Blount Jr. schools The Wall Street Journal on the fun of playing with words
May 16, 2011 Nobody fiddles with words better than Roy Blount Jr. A regular on National Public Radio’s quiz show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, the Vanderbilt graduate also serves…
In an interview in the Southern Literary Review Kate Daniels celebrates Robert Penn Warren
April 15, 2011 In an interview in the Southern Literary Review, Vanderbilt poet Kate Daniels explains her seemingly unlikely kinship with another great poet associated with the Vanderbilt English Department:…
Vandy prof Beth Bachmann takes home a big prize from the Poetry Society of America
April 13, 2011 Beth Bachmann, an assistant professor in the creative-writing program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has won the prestigious Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society…
Tom Perrotta talks with Chapter 16 about bringing page to screen, the future of reading and writing, and the delicate art of dissecting the culture wars
…of his forthcoming visit to Vanderbilt, Perrotta answered questions for Chapter 16 via email. Chapter 16: Though roundly acclaimed among literary novelists, much of your audience has been drawn to…
