MFAW News
![A Year in Books](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/year-in-books300x225.jpg?itok=OK8OHBkx)
A dystopian metropolis plagued by dragons. A disillusioned detective back on the beat. An exploration of what it means to be black, feminist, and female in America. A deep dive into the new science of psychedelics. Across millions of words and myriad perspectives, one constant is clear: 2018 was a big year for Bennington writers.
![Matthew Groner](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Matthew-Groner-300x225.jpg?itok=s95lJfAG)
Matthew Groner, a rising third-term MFA candidate in fiction, has been selected as the second Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars, working in the classroom for a full term beginning in Spring 2019.
![We All Love the Beautiful Girls](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Joanne-Proulx300x225.jpg?itok=B66e8cBw)
We All Love the Beautiful Girls, the second novel by Joanne Proulx MFA ’14, garnered praise from Harper’s Bazaar, New York Post, and Good Morning America.
![New Yorker](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/New-Yorker300x225.jpg?itok=BHbmWbXX)
"Bees," a poem by Maya Ribault MFA '18, is featured in the September 3, 2018 issue of The New Yorker.
![Lisa Brennan-Jobs](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Lisa-Brennan-Jobs300x225-compressor.jpg?itok=2xoGQ3le)
Lisa Brennan-Jobs MFA '09 writes about her childhood navigating between her struggling single mom and her famous father.