MFAW News

Bergman at Bread Loaf Bergman at Bread Loaf

Megan Mayhew Bergman, director of the Writing Seminars, is one of the faculty at the Bread Loaf Environmental Writer's Conference and will give a reading there on June 5 at 8 pm. 

Suzanne Koven Letter to a Young Female Physician

Suzanne Koven MFA ’12, a longtime physician and current writer-in-residence at Massachusetts General Hospital, penned a letter to her younger self as part of a recent orientation session for new medical interns in Boston. 

Bread Loaf Conference Bergman to Read at Broad Loaf Conference

Megan Mayhew Bergman (MFAW '10), associate director of Bennington’s MFA in Writing, will be on the faculty of this year's Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference, at Middlebury College, June 3–9. 

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Sweeney MFA ’13 Makes “35 Over 35” Debut Authors List

New York Times best-selling author Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney MFA ’13 was included in the annual “35 Over 35” list, which celebrates 35 debut authors over the age of 35 years old. 

The Gendered Construction of Jazz The Gendered Construction of Jazz

In a piece on NPR, Michelle Mercer MFA '10 highlighted the continued sexism in the jazz world, in the light of recent comments from two top jazz figures.