MFA in Writing News
Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA'10's Forthcoming Book "Heartbreaking, Lovely"MFA alumna Megan Mayhew Bergman's forthcoming collection of stories, Almost Famous Women, received a starred review from Kirkus, and is an Indie Next Pick for winter. Due out in January, Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston called it "heartbreaking and lovely".
Simpson Smith MFA '13: ‘2014’s Most Buzzed About Debut Author’Katy Simpson Smith MFA ’13's new novel, The Story of Land and Sea, is “not only among the most assured debut novels in recent memory,” raved a Vogue magazine review, but also “heralds the birth of a major new talent.”
Two Faculty Members, Alumna Earn 2013 Guggenheim FellowshipsVisual arts faculty member Ann Pibal, MFA faculty member Major Jackson, and alumna Kiran Desai ’93 are among the 175 artists, scholars, and scientists—out of nearly 3,000 applicants—to receive 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Quatro's Debut Collection Draws Critical AcclaimThe stories that comprise MFA alumna Jamie Quatro '09's recently released debut collection, I Want to Show You More, according to noted literary critic James Wood in his New Yorker review, "are passionate, sensuous, savagely intense, and remarkable for their brave dualism."
Acclaimed Writers to Headline Bennington's Graduate Reading SeriesCritically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington College Writing Seminars will offer an evening reading series during the MFA program's winter residency beginning on Thursday, January 10, and ending on Friday, January 18.