Be Read.
The Fine Art of Writing
Bennington College’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing faculty are all writers who have distinguished themselves in their teaching as well as on the page. Their work has been given almost every literary honor—the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Medal of Arts, the Rae Award, the PEN Award, the Walt Whitman Award, the O. Henry Prize, the Whiting Writer’s Award, and the LA Times Book Prize. Our distinguished faculty have always been at the core of Bennington’s MFA in Writing program—closely mentoring the next generation of literary giants in a 1:5 ratio, guiding students to reach the next level with their craft. Twenty years after the program was founded, scores of alumni now join our faculty bringing acclaimed work to the world, to the shelves of libraries and bookstores everywhere. And when it comes to writing, at Bennington, the work speaks for itself.
Fiction
Addled
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Ana Imagined
Graywolf Press, 2000
April & Oliver: A Novel
Grand Central Publishing, 2009
Backward-Facing Man
HarperCollins, 2005
Beautiful Children: A Novel
Random House, 2008
Birds of a Lesser Paradise
Scribner, 2012
The Bracelet
North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2009
The Calligrapher’s Daughter
Henry Holt and Company, 2009
Capture the Flag
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Chatter: A Novel
Algonquin Books, 2007
Chautauqua Summer: Adventures of a Late-Twentieth-Century Vaudevillian
Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993
A Child Out of Alcatraz
Faber & Faber, Inc., 1997
Cloud Mountain
Warner Books, 1997
Confessions from a Dark Wood
Sator Press, 2012
Daughter: A Novel
Scribner, 2003
Dreaming Man, Face Down
Dream Horse Press, 2010
The Edge of the World
Mirare Press, 2007
Ever
Calamari Press, 2009
Ex-Boyfriend on Aisle 6
Press 53, 2012
Expiration Date
The Permanent Press, 2011
Face
Warner Books, 1994
The Faces Reappear
Black Sparrow Press, 1988
Flash House
Warner Books, 2003
Float
Ashland Creek Press, 2013
Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life & Love in Paris
HarperCollins, 2009
Girl in the Arena
Bloomsbury USA, 2009
The Gravedigger
Chronicle Books, 2006
The Hermaphrodite: An Hallucinated Memoir
Green Integer, 2010
House Tours
Black Sparrow Press, 1991
I Want to Show You More
Grove Press, 2013
If I’d Known You Were Coming
University of Iowa Press, 2013
In My Sister’s Country
BlueHen Books, 2002
In Search of Wings Lost
White Quill, 2009
Interior Designs
Black Sparrow Press, 1996
The J. A. P. Chronicles
Doubleday, 2005
Last Last Chance
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Leaving Rock Harbor
Scribner, 2010
The List: A Novel
Scribner, 2007
The Littlest Hitler
Counterpoint Press, 2006
A Member of the Family
HarperCollins, 2000
Mud Flap Girl’s XX Guide to Facial Profiling
Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2006
Scars Make Your Body More Interesting & Other Stories
Black Sparrow Press, 1996
The Secret of Lost Things
Doubleday, 2007
Shirley: A Novel
Blue Rider/Penguin, 2014
Show Me Good Land
Down East Books, 2011
Slipping the Moorings
Entasis Press, 2008
Small Acts of Sex and Electricity
Unbridled Books, 2006
This Flower Only Blooms Every Hundred Years
Black Sparrow Press, 1978
To Begin Again
All Things That Matter Press, 2011
The Trouble With You Is
Mid-List Press, 2004
The Unexamined Wife
Black Sparrow Press, 1983
A Unicorn Is Born
Harry N. Abrams, 2007
Unlucky Lucky Days
BOA Editions, 2008
Vernon Downs
Roundabout Press, 2014
We’re So Famous
Bloomsbury, 2001
What Happened to Anna K.: A Novel
Touchstone, 2008
When Love Was Clean Underwear
New Rivers Press, 2009
Whitney
New Rivers Press, 2013
Wide Eyed
Akashic Books, 2005
The Widows and Orphans Fund
Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2011
Woke Up Lonely
Graywolf Press, 2013
You Are Not Alone & Other Stories
Willow Springs Editions, 2013
Nonfiction
100 Habits of Successful Publication Designers: Insider Secrets for Working Smart and Staying Creative
Co-authored with Steve Gordon Jr.
Rockport Publishers, 2008
Accidental Bond, The: How Sibling Connections Influence Adult Relationships
Times Books, 1995
Acting for Young Actors: The Ultimate Teen Guide
Co-authored with Mary Lou Belli
Back Stage Books, 2006
Allergic Girl: Adventures in Living Well with Food Allergies
John Wiley & Sons, 2011
An Inside Passage
Bison Books, 2009
Art of the Author Interview, The: And Interviewing Creative People
University Press of New England, 2005
Assassination of Fred Hampton, The: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
Lawrence Hill Books / Chicago Review Press, 2010
Bigger than Life: A Murder, A Memoir
University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Codependency Conspiracy, The: How to Break the Recovery Habit and Take Charge of Your Life
Co-authored with Dr. Stan J. Katz
Grand Central Publishing, 1991
Conversations with American Women Writers
University Press of New England, 2004
Design Secrets: Furniture: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered
Rockport Publishers, 2006
Drink to the Lasses: Notes from a Women’s College Womb
Cold Tree Press, 2006
Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting
Holy Cow! Press, 2010
False Love and Other Romantic Illusions
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988
Forgotten Heroes & Villains of Sand Creek
The History Press, 2010
Gaining: The Truth about Life after Eating Disorders
Warner Books, 2007
Ground Rules: What I Learned My Daughter’s Fifteenth Year
Kodansha International, 1997
Heaven and Earth Are Flowers: Reflections on Ikebana and Buddhism
Wisdom Publications, 2010
In the Sun’s House: My Year Teaching on the Navajo Reservation
Trinity University Press, 2009
Jewels on the Water: Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands
Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 2005
Live & Learn: Perspectives on the Questing Spirit
Swedenborg Foundation Publishers, 2001
Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
Looking for Signs: Essays and Columns
The Troy Book Makers, 2013
Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time
Writer’s Digest Books, 2008
Marco Polo Didn’t Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer
Travelers’ Tales, 2008
Natural Laws of Good Luck, The: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage
Trumpeter Books, 2009
No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy
University of Nebraska Press, 2011
Notorious Jefferson County: Frontier Murder & Mayhem
The History Press, 2010
Notorious San Juans: Wicked Tales from Ouray, San Juan & La Plata Counties
The History Press, 2011
Notorious Telluride: Tales from San Niguel County
The History Press, 2010
The Object Parade
Counterpoint Press, 2014
One God Clapping: The Spiritual Path of a Zen Rabbi
Co-authored with Alan Lew
Kodansha International, 1999
Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis
Simon & Schuster, 2009
Out of the Woods: A Woman’s Guide to Long-term Recovery
Central Recovery Press, 2014
Outdoor Stonework: The Timeless, Practical, and Aesthetic Value of Stone
Quarry Books, 2008
Postmortem
iUniverse, 2009
The Prisoner’s Wife: A Memoir
Scribner, 1999
A Secondary Landscape
Future Tense Books, 2013
Shiver in the Night
Xlibris, 2006
Shoe Time
Co-authored with Meg Rottman
Arbor House, 1986
Solitaire
Harper & Row, 1979
Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story
HarperCollins, 2009
The Stoned Age
Thought Catalog, 2013 eBook
Story Within, The: New Insights and Inspiration for Writers
Penguin, 2011
Success Trap
Co-authored with Dr. Stan J. Katz
Ticknor & Fields, 1990
Terrorist: The Inside Story of the Highest-Ranking Iraqi Terrorist Ever to Defect to the West
Co-authored with Steven A. Emerson
Villard Books, 1991
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Villard Books, 2003
Very Telling, The: Conversations with American Writers
University Press of New England, 2006
Welcome to the Departure Lounge: Adventures in Mothering Mother
Random House, 2009
Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life
Co-authored with Rebecca Lawton
Kulupi Press, 2008
Yoga for Depression
Broadway Books, 2004
Yoga Skills for Therapists: Effective Practices for Mood Management
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012
Poetry
Absence in the Palm of My Hands & Other Poems
Writers & Readers, 1996
Animal Soul
Kattywompus Press, 2013
Apple Speaks, The: Poems
DreamSeeker Books, 2012
The Attention Lesson
Lulu Press, Inc., 2006
Bathsheba Transatlantic
Anhinga Press, 2010
Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World
Editor
North Atlantic Books, 2008
Boarding House
Bennington College MFA in Writing Alumni Chapbook Series, 1999
Breath in Every Room
Story Line Press, 2001
The Bright Obvious
Finishing Line Press, 2009
Chaplainbook
Lulu Press, Inc., 2006
Conversion
Lotus Press, 2007
The Cut Worm
Bright Hill Press, 2008
Ferry Crossing
Trilobite Press, 2002
The Fox and the Sunflower
Finishing Line Press, 2008
Ghost Girl
Penguin Books, 2004
The Glass Crib
Zone 3 Press, 2011
The Glow of Everyday Objects
Finishing Line Press, 2007
Hollow Out
New Rivers Press, 2008
Any Holy City
Silverfish Review Press, 2005
Holy Week
Xlibris Corporation, 2007
In Search of Landscape
Sixteen Rivers Press, 2007
The Kingdom of Possibilities
Mayapple Press, 2009
Letters From Siberia
Threshold Press, 2004
Letters to Sophie
Lost Arts, 2002
The Lives of Rain
Interlink Books, 2005
The Loneliness of Dogs
Pudding House Publications, 2008
Magic Word
Pudding House Publications, 2007
Neither Rising nor Falling
Finishing Line Press, 2009
The Neverfield Poem
Post-Apollo Press, 1999
Night Radio
University of Utah Press, 2012
Now You’re the Enemy: Poems
University of Arkansas Press, 2008
Opulent Hunger, Opulent Rage
Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2009
Palabras in Each Fist
Pecan Grove Press, 2009
The Real Politics of Lipstick
Slipstream, 2010
Saint-Pol-Roux & Other Poems from the French
Translations
Barefoot Muse Press, 2012
Selected Poems of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Translations
Barefoot Muse Press, 2013
Stolen From, The: Poems about Memory & Alzheimer’s
Barefoot Muse Press, 2013
Subtle Art of Breathing, The: New Poems
Moore Black Press, 2005
Testimonial by Nature: Poems
Lost Arts Design, 2004
These Metallic Days
Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2005
The Timbre of Sand
Gorrion Press, 1998
Tips for Domestic Travel
Black Lawrence Press, 2009
Under Red Cedars
Little Red Tree Publishing, 2008
Unlucky Lucky Tales
Texas Tech University Press, 2012
Wanton Textiles
Co-authored with Ravi Shankar
No Tell Books, 2006
We Aren’t Who We Are – and this world isn’t either
CavanKerry Press Ltd., 2007
When We Wake in the Night
WordTech Communications, 2012
Whirligig
Spuyten Duyvil, 2006
Excellently Wicked
WordTech Communications, 2007
The Wishing Tomb
Perugia Press, 2012
Your Ten Favorite Words
Coconut Books, 2007