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Image of Kiran Desai and Katie Yee Desai and Yee Featured in New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2025" List

 Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee '17 and The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai '93 are among the 100 Notable Books of 2025 selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Alexander Dodge's set for Samson et Dalila at the Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard/Met Opera Unscripted Paths

Bennington College’s Theater Training and Its Impact

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Dor Ben-Amotz ’76 jokes that he returned to teach at Bennington for the free lunch. 

MFA in Screenwriting Advisory Council Bennington College Announces Advisory Council for New MFA in Screenwriting

Major industry players contribute to educating the next generation of screenwriters.

1967 Students in a class in a house living room at Bennington College Bennington College in the Sixties

An encouraging place for rebel types.