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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.

See the full list at The New York Times
Lessons That Last Header Lessons That Last

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. 

Image of Melissa Rosenberg Melissa Rosenberg '86 on The Screenwriting Life Podcast

Melissa Rosenberg '86–creator of Netflix's Jessica Jones, head writer of Dexter, and screenwriter of the Twilight films–joined The Screenwriting Life podcast host Lorien McKenna to talk about what it takes to stay grounded as a storyteller.

Listen to The Screenwriting Life Podcast