Literature Book Party

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Please join us for a book party and signing with Bennington College literature faculty and alumni, Mary Ruefle, Genevieve Plunkett, and Michael Dumanis, celebrating their new books Creature, The Book, and In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel. Featuring food, drink, and short readings from the writers—free and open to all! A shuttle will be available to transport students from Campus Safety to the Frost Museum starting at 5:00 pm.

About

Mary Ruefle ’74 is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Book (forthcoming, September 2023) along with Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, as well as a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize.

Genevieve Plunkett ’11 is the author of In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel, named a September 2023 Indie Next pick, and Prepare Her: Stories. Her short fiction has appeared in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best Small Fictions, as well as journals such as New England Review, The Southern Review, and Story. She lives in Vermont with her two children.

Michael Dumanis is the author of two books of poems, Creature (Four Way Books, 2023) and My Soviet Union (University of Massachusetts Press); and the co-editor of the anthology Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (Sarabande). Born in the former Soviet Union, he emigrated to the United States at the age of five. He lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and teaches at Bennington College, where he also serves as editor of Bennington Review.

Photo Credits: Michael Dumanis: Sylvie Rosokoff; Mary Ruefle: Libby Lewis Photography; Genevieve Plunkett: Jamie Granger