Alumni Stories
Writer and musician Mohammed Naseehu Ali '95
Mohammed Naseehu Ali’s debut short story collection, The Prophet of Zongo Street, has garnered rave reviews, including one from The New York Times describing his book as “moving, subtle, and ingeniously constructed.”
Author Jonathan Lethem ’86 addresses the Class of 2005
The author of The Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, and many other novels delivers words of wisdom to Bennington’s graduating class. “You’ll be back, again and again you’ll be back, because this is the Rome inside you….”
A native New Yorker anchors herself down South
“The basis for being a good reporter is being a good storyteller.” Journalist Jovita Moore ’89 studied literature at Bennington, and is now one of the lead television news anchors at Atlanta’s number-one ABC station.
Writer Michael Pollan ’76 talks about food, culture, and voting with our forks
“I try very hard not to tell people what to think. What I’m trying to do is give people the tools to make their own decisions….”An interview with Michael Pollan ’76, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma.