Faculty News
Mayhew Bergman on “The Feminine Heroic”Paris Review correspondent Megan Mayhew Bergman (MFAW '10), associate director of Bennington’s MFA in Writing, addresses in her latest column how women, often excluded from adventure narratives, carve out their own heroic space.
Poem by Williams in Boston ReviewA poem by visiting literature faculty member Phillip Williams is included in the current issue of the Boston Review.
Williams Named Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Visiting literature faculty member Phillip Williams’ debut poetry collection, Thief in the Interior, has been named a 2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist.
"Almost Famous Women" Ignites HistoryAlmost Famous Women, a short story collection by associate director of Bennington’s MFA in Writing, Megan Mayhew Bergman, (MFAW '10), uses eccentric women throughout history in “intimate, imaginatively told tales that explore the figures’ muddled relationship with fame and greatness,” according to a review in the online art forum, Hyperallergic.com.
Williams, Greenidge Win Whiting AwardsVisiting faculty member Phillip B. Williams has won a Whiting Award for his debut book of poems, Thief In The Interior. MFA faculty member Kaitlyn Greenidge won for her debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman.