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Image of spring books covers Bennington College Book News: Spring 2026

Bennington College alumni are publishing novels, memoirs, non-fiction books, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this spring.

Image of Kiran Desai (left) and Mona Simpson Loneliness and Connection Across Space and Time

On Thursday, March 12, Kiran Desai '93 was a guest speaker at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA, as part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson's "Some Favorite Writers" series.

Read more at Daily Bruin
Image of Kaiya Kirk Kirk's Kaleidoscopic Vision

Kaiya Kirk '20 is the executive director at the Bennington Theater.

Read more at the Manchester Journal
Image of Bennington commons March Alumni Perspectives: Shay Totten '91

Learn more about how we're rebuilding the Alumni Association (and announcing the new Executive Officers & Executive Committee!)

Barbara Kapp '61 A Legacy by Design: Barbara Kapp ’61 and the Scholarship That Keeps Growing

When Barbara Kapp ’61 established a $70,000 endowed scholarship gift in 2022, she couldn’t have known how it would grow into $448,000 in support for students attending Bennington. Nor could she have known how many students would experience Bennington as a result of her extraordinary generosity.