Defying Convention
Steam Engine
The two-stroke power of science and art by Alex Dery Snider and Heather Kirn Lanier.
The Leadership Academy of Ousseynou Diome '14
A story about how to start a movement by Briee Della Rocca.
Majoring in Mansour
What Mansour Farhang has taught and learned in his three decades at Bennington by Lee Hancock MFA ’14.
Summer 2014 Bookshelf
Mark Wunderlich, faculty member (Graywolf Press, February 2014)
Alden Jones MFA ‘01 (University of Wisconsin, November 2013)
Wendy Perron ‘69 (Wesleyan Press, September 2013)
James Klise MFA ‘06 (Algonquin Books, 2014)
Donna Tartt ‘86 (Little, Brown and Company, October 2013)
Megan Marshall ‘75 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 2013)
Bob Shacochis, MFA(w), writer-in-residence (Atlantic Monthly Press, September 2013)
Bret Anthony Johnston, MFA(w) faculty member (Random House, May 2014)
Edited by Philip Davis (The Library of America, February 2014)
David Kalish MFA ’06 (WiDo Publishing, March 2014)
“[a] compelling mix of poise and exposure...” Slate
“...a young woman growing into herself…” Publishers Weekly
“...simultaneously knowing and questioning.” The Huffington Post
“...a chorus of genuine voices…” Booklist, starred review
“...a book that stimulates the mind and touches the heart.” Pulitzer committee
“...the remarkable story of a 19th century author… and pioneering advocate...” Pulitzer committee
“A novel … using provocative themes to raise difficult moral questions.” Pulitzer committee
"[An] enthralling and skillful debut novel about the reunification of a family" The New York Times
“His stories know suffering, loneliness, lust...” The New York Times
"...oddball characters mix in a clash of cultures between native New Yorkers and the immigrants who infuse the city, and the book's central character, with new life..."The New York Times