Alumni News
Alumna's Work Recognized as PEN/Bellwether Finalist The novel manuscript by Gail Vida Hamburg (MFAW June '04), Liberty Landing, was a finalist in the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Hamburg workshopped the first 30 pages in a workshop at Bennington with Bob Shacosis workshop two summers ago.
Galbraith Publishes EssayBennington MFA Writing Seminars graduate Megan Galbraith published an essay, titled "Sin Will Find You Out" in Catapult. The essay recounts her search for and conversation with her birth mother, who gave Galbraith up for adoption at six months old.
Lewandowski '97 Awarded Visionary Leadership AwardSheila Lewandowski '97, longtime arts advocate and co-founder of The Chocolate Factory, an award-winning incubator for experimental performance in Queens, New York, has been awarded the 2016 Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award at Bennington College.
Brennan '01 in New York MagazineSummer Brennan '01 published an article, "The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue" in New York Magazine.
Don't Call Him a FoodieMichael Pollan '76 talks with The Guardian about his new Netflix series Cooked and his belief that through the "mere act of caring about provenance, our food would get better."