Bennington College Book News: Fall 2026
Bennington College alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, memoirs, essay collections, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this fall.
Sally Ashton MFA '03 published her sixth book, and her first book of nonfiction, on July 14, 2026 with Duke University Press. Going to the Moon reflects on the renewed race to space set against her experience of sending a poem to the Moon with the Lunar Codex.
Amra Brooks '95 published her memoir Mother Is a Place on September 15, 2026, with Dopamine/Semiotext(e) with distribution by MIT.
Vanishing Point, a historical novel by Ellen Prentiss Campbell MFA ’09, was published May 27, 2026. A family epic, the book spans three generations and a hundred years, from the 1880s to the 1980s.
Franny Choi published their essay collection, We Radiant Things: Notes on Being Alien and Becoming Cyborg, on October 6, 2026, by Ecco.
Jaime Clarke MFA '97 completed a publishing cycle that includes the 10th anniversary editions of his trilogy featuring Charlie Martens (Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes), as well as the 25th anniversary edition of his first novel, WE'RE SO FAMOUS, annotated by the author.
Jessica Danger MFA '16 published her memoir, No Heroic Measures, in May 2026 with Santa Fe Writers Project.
Jack El-Hai MFA ’09’s The Case of the Autographed Corpse: A Medicine Man and a Mystery Writer in Pursuit of Justice will be published on October 6, 2026, from Pegasus Books.
MaxieJane Frazier MFA ’20 collaborated to edit Necessary Turbulence from Milspeak Foundation Books, published June 23, 2026. It is a collected memoir of women enrolled in the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Cindy Frenkel '81 has published Bad Neighborhood (Kelsay Books), her first full-length poetry collection.
Kevin Galvin MFA ’25 published his book Troubled Times, the story of a bombing in the heart of Boston a half-century ago, which explores the roots and costs of political violence at a time when the American experiment is again in crisis, with Brandeis University Press in October 2026.
Roma Roam, a book of poetry by Nathalie Handal ’02, will be published by Barrow Street in October 2026.
Wartime Letters by the late Kathleen Harriman ’40 was published by Yale University Press.
No Glory: A Military Family's Reckoning, a memoir by Gail Hosking MFA ’97, will be published by Kentucky University Press in December 2026.
Davin Malasarn MFA ’20 has published his debut novel, The Outer Country, with One World, an imprint of Random House.
King Coyote, the debut novel from Rachael MeyersJones ’15, was published by Jolly Fish Press (North Star Editions). The book was edited by Kat Jagai ’19 when Jagai worked for Alloy Entertainment.
Family Language, the debut novel by Nicole Nelson MFA '19, will be published by Melville House in November 2026.
The Divining Season, a novel by Gwendolyn Paradice MFA ’16, was published in April by Aunt Lute Books.
The Lonely Girl’s Vegetable Patch, a novel by Genevieve Plunkett ’11, was published on September 15 by Feminist Press.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals was rereleased with a new forward by Michael Pollan '76, the author, in honor of the book’s 20th anniversary.
Alexandra "Alex" Reed Lajoux '72 has published Rockie: Triumph of True Love (Moondust Productions, 2026). She credits her mentors at Bennington, including Ben Belitt and Richard Tristman.
Thisuri Wanniarachchi ’17 has published The Department of the Chosen Ones with Vijitha Yapa Publications. The book reflects on the immediate Government response to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka and was recently longlisted for the 33rd Gratiaen Prize.
Sarah Jey Whitehead ’05 was named an Open-Education Fellow through the UT Austin Libraries, and co-authored an online, intermediate Spanish textbook that has a Creative Commons license, so it's free to use and adapt for any educators or students interested. Asimeexpreso.org
Fertile Circuits, the second book by John Beebe-West MFA '18, reveals the rot lurking in the foundation of the internet and argues we should embrace the death of our online ephemera in order to reclaim a more human world. It is slated for publication in fall 2026 through Eerdmans.
Jill Wisoff '77 published her debut YA literary fiction novel, Shelter Island: A January Hoolihan and Crisscross Adventure.