<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubaltnews-jeannie-vanasco-discusses-memoir-april-13.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>04/10/2026</pubDate><title>Memoirist Jeannie Vanasco Leads Next MFA Speaker Series Event, April 13</title><description>Jeannie Vanasco, author of the memoir A Silent Treatment, will discuss her work as The University of Baltimore's 2026 MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts Speaker Series continues on April 13. The event is free and open to the public.</description><author>UBalt News</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/JeannieVanascoLG.jpg" alt="Memoirist Jeannie Vanasco"/></image><image-cap>Memoirist Jeannie Vanasco</image-cap><quote/><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Community Engagement</tag><tag>Main News</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>