This meetup is designed as a supportive space centering LGBTQ+ writers, in any genre! We'll get to know each other, work through a multi-stage writing prompt, and have the option to share our work. We'll also leave time to discuss a short reading in class, and talk through our current projects and goals.

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Upcoming LGBTQ+ Meetups:‍

February 1, 2026 // 1:00 - 2:30pm (facilitated by Kumari Devarajan)

March 1, 2026 // 11:00am - 12:30pm (facilitated by Kumari Devarajan)

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Kumari Devarajan (they/them) is fiction writer from Washington DC and an MFA candidate at Vanderbilt University’s program in creative writing where they are a Russel G. Hamilton Scholar. They are co editor-in-chief of the Nashville Review. They have attended the Tin House Writers Workshop and been a Lambda Literary fellow. Before joining Vanderbilt, they were an award-winning journalist at NPR where they produced for NPR’s Code Switch podcast as well as Throughline and It’s Been a Minute. In their spare time they enjoy baking, jogging, and winning the affections of their finicky cat, Mason.