Bennington College Book News: Winter 2026
Bennington College alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, non-fiction books, photography collections, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who is being published this winter.
Susan Dines MFA ’22 released her debut poetry collection Late Arrival in November 2025 from Kelsay Books.
The Problem with Plastic by Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck was released on December 2, 2025, from The New Press.
Adnan Iftekhar ’97 has published Navigating Nav: A Journey Through AI, Emotions, and Climate Change, co-written with his daughter, Zarmina Iftekhar.
Bloodline (Ingrim and Consortium), the second novel by Lee Clay Johnson ’07, received rave reviews in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
Barbara Kent Lawrence ’65 has published Both Sides of the Pond–My Family’s War: 1933 - 1946, an intimate chronicle of her family’s World War II saga.
Art Work: On the Creative Life by Sally Mann '77 has been published by Abrams.
Lucas Marten ’16 self-published Prodigious Kin, a book of comedic poetry on family and American values.
Patricia Martin MFA '22 will publish WILL THE FUTURE LIKE YOU: Reflections on the Age of Hyper-reinvention on January 29, 2026, with Karnac Books UK. It explores the profound dangers our 24/7 online existence poses: not only to how we behave and think, but to whom we are and how we form ourselves.
Clutch, the second novel by Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Emily Nemens, will be published by Tin House/Zando on February 3, 2026.
Larissa Pham MFA ’23 will publish her debut novel, Discipline, via Random House on January 20, 2026.
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan ’76 will appear in the world on February 24, 2026.
The Sound of Story: Developing Voice & Tone in Writing (Sibylline Press) by Jordan Rosenfeld MFA ’05 will be published in January 2026. The Sound of Story demystifies voice and its close companion, tone, offering writers the tools to develop and refine their own.
Tom Sachs ’89 transforms everyday materials into visionary works of art that blur design, fashion, pop culture, and commerce, infused with incisive social commentary. His upcoming book, Tom Sachs: Guide (Phaidon, December 1), is the most comprehensive retrospective of the globally acclaimed artist, featuring over 650 images and deep insight into his inventive, hands-on studio practice.
Landscapes is a collection of photographs from across North America, shot and curated by Lincoln Schatz ’86.
Former Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Lynne Sharon Schwartz released A Stranger Comes to Town via EastOver Press.
Niloufar Talebi MFA '05 edited and translated Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poems by Ahmad Shamlou (World Poetry, Nov. 2025), a sweeping bilingual volume marking Iran's iconic twentieth-century poet's centennial.
Cary B. Ziter MFA ’06 has published his first chapbook of thirty poems, Someone is Looking for You, from Rockwood Press, Portland, OR.
Are you a Bennington alum with a book coming out this year or next? Please share your publishing news with us at magazine@bennington.edu.