Vanderbilt Reading Series: Victoria Redel, Fiction

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). Victoria’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. Victoria is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York and Utah.

Location: Special Collections Library and University Archives

1101 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212

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. Parking is available on the street and in paid lots in the area.

The Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series is named in honor of Vanderbilt founder Cornelius Vanderbilt’s great-grandson and his wife. Each semester, the series brings several professional writers to campus to read from their works and visit classes. This unique and extraordinary program gives English department students and faculty, the Vanderbilt community, and Nashville’s citizens a chance to meet and talk with some of the best writers of our day.

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Special Collections and University Archives, 1101 19th Avenue South, Nashville, United States

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