Alumni News
'Nitro Mountain' Praised in New York Times Lee Clay Johnson '07 is the author of Nitro Mountain, which was published this spring by Knopf. It has been favorably reviewed by several literary journals including Kirkus and Electric Literature and most recently, by the New York Times.
Walker MFAW '03 Interviews Mattison Alice Mattison, award-winning author and core faculty of the MFA Program, was interviewed by Sarai Walker MFA '03 in The Center for Fiction on "looking like a writer," and her new non-fiction guide for authors, The Kite and the String.
Ibarra Collaborates at Rio OlympicsMusician and faculty member Susie Ibarra is working with David Hertz, a Brazilian chef and a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, around the launch of Refettorio Gastromotiva, a food and cultural center that will repurpose 12 tons of food from the Olympics to turn it into nutritious meals for the neediest of Rio.
How America Shut Its Doors to the Next Nabokov Jeva Lange '15 published an opinion piece today in The Week which explores the difficulties that international students face after graduation.
Black Mountain College Appoints Arnal MFA '00 The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center announced that Jeff Arnal MFA '00 has been appointed executive director. Arnal cofounded Free Range Asheville, a platform for performance, research, and discourse in 2015. He received his MFA in Music from Bennington College in 2000.