Alumni News
Pollan '76 Discusses New Book Bestselling food writer Michael Pollan '76 discussed his new book, Cooked, which offers a powerful argument for a return to home cooking, on NPR.
Two Faculty Members, Alumna Earn 2013 Guggenheim FellowshipsVisual arts faculty member Ann Pibal, MFA faculty member Major Jackson, and alumna Kiran Desai ’93 are among the 175 artists, scholars, and scientists—out of nearly 3,000 applicants—to receive 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Quatro's Debut Collection Draws Critical AcclaimThe stories that comprise MFA alumna Jamie Quatro '09's recently released debut collection, I Want to Show You More, according to noted literary critic James Wood in his New Yorker review, "are passionate, sensuous, savagely intense, and remarkable for their brave dualism."
Four Students Awarded Top Writing FellowshipsTwo Bennington students have been invited to Bucknell University this summer, and two others to Skidmore College, for highly selective, nationally sought-after creative writing fellowships.
The New Yorker Lauds New Spinto Band AlbumThe New Yorker's Ben Greenman showed love for the latest Spinto Band album (featuring Thomas Hughes ‘06 and Sam Hughes ’08), saying: “Some songs are melancholy, some ebullient, some stately, some hyperactive, and others are all at once, like 'What I Love.'"