MFA in Writing News
Walker MFA '03 on NPRSarai Walker, a graduate of the MFA Program at Bennington College, spoke with Scott Simon about her novel Dietland.
Reines de la Nuit MFA core faculty member Alexander Chee spoke with Alison Kinney of the LA Review of Books about his novel, Queen of the Night.
D’Aprix Sweeney Interviewed by Vulture Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (MFA) spoke with Vulture about the inspriation and process behind her debut novel, The Nest. The interview is titled: A First-Time Novelist’s 7-Figure Midlife Breakthrough.
Jerkins (MFA '16) Publishes Essay Morgan Jerkins MFAW '16 published an essay in The New Yorker called "Black Women Writers and the Secret Space of Diaries."
Alumna's Work Recognized as PEN/Bellwether Finalist The novel manuscript by Gail Vida Hamburg (MFAW June '04), Liberty Landing, was a finalist in the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Hamburg workshopped the first 30 pages in a workshop at Bennington with Bob Shacosis workshop two summers ago.