Events

Join us at Special Collections for a relaxed listening session featuring music from the collections of Vanderbilt Libraries, with a special focus on jazz musician Yusef Lateef. No pressure, no formal programming, just an opportunity to step away from the usual routine, listen to some music, and perhaps discover new artists. Stop by for as much or as little of the session as you like, and feel free to bring your lunch.

Vanderbilt students, staff, and faculty can RSVP on Anchor Link.

Several of artist Sam Maitin's poetry prints are currently on display in "Brighter and Brighter: The Poetry Prints of Sam Maitin," an exhibit at the Vanderbilt Special Collections Library. On Monday, November 9, Sam's daughter Ani will be at Special Collections to discuss her father's work and provide special insights from his archive, and the Vanderbilt MFA poets will read ekphrastic poems they've written in response to Maitin's work. Please join us for this special evening celebrating poetry, visual art, and the ways in which different forms of artistic expression can enrich one another.

VU faculty, staff and students can RSVP on Anchor Link.

Victoria Redel is the author of four books of poetry and six books of fiction, most recently the novel I Am You (2025, Zando/SJPLit). Redel’s work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Redel’s short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, and O and NOON, among many others. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. Redel is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York and Utah.

Program Schedule:

• 6:30 - Literary Salon, First Floor Classroom
• 7:00 - Reading, Second Floor Lecture Hall
• 8:00 - Book Signing

This event is free and open to the public.

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