Faculty News

Poets and Writers Bennington's Debut Poets

Poetry faculty Phillip B. Williams and alumna Safiya Sinclair '10 were included in an article on Poets&Writers called "The Shadows of Words: Our Twelfth Annual Look At Debut Poets." 

Michael Cohen "Our Democracy Needs Nurturing"

Earlier this week, The Jerusalem Post published an opinion piece by Michael Cohen about Trump and the future of democracy. 

Center for Right Wing Studies Ben Hagai Named Visiting Scholar

Society, Culture, and Thought faculty member Ella Ben Hagai has been selected as a Visiting Scholar at The Center for Right Wing Studies (CRWS) at University of California, Berkeley.

NPR.org Great Reads

In its Guide to 2016’s Great Reads, NPR recommended Nitro Mountain by Lee Clay Johnson ’07, The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney MFAW ’13, Kookooland by Gloria Norris ’76, and The Queen of the Night by former MFAW faculty Alexander Chee.

Art of Memory Brazelton Explores The Art of Memory

Kitty Brazelton’s new song-cycle, The Art of Memory, which she hopes to perform on campus in 2017, is very much a Bennington affair.