Alumni News

Jesse Katz's The Opposite Field Pulitzer Prize Winner Katz' 85 to Read from New Memoir

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Katz '85 will read from The Opposite Field, his critically acclaimed memoir of raising a son and reviving a Little League in the immigrant suburbs of L.A., on Tuesday, December 1, at 7:00 pm in the College's Franklin Living Room. The event, part of Bennington's Literature Gathering series, is free and open to the public.

Judith Jones' The Pleasure of Cooking for One Judith Jones '45 Discusses New Book on NPR

Author and legendary editor Judith Jones '45 was a guest on NPR's Here and Now earlier this month to discuss her new book, The Pleasures of Cooking For One.

Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City New Book by Lethem '86 Draws Praise in the NYT

Author Jonathan Lethem '86's new novel Chronic City was hailed as "astonishing" this week in The New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Sanford Mirling's sculpture Mirling ‘04 Wins Prestigious Sculpture Award

 

Alumnus Sanford Mirling ‘04 has earned the International Sculpture Center's 2009 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award for his promising work as an MFA student at the State University of New York - Albany.

Image of Jonathan Mann Mann '04 Wins Bing Jingle Contest

Jonathan Mann's lo-fi musical exploits landed him in the news again last month when he was named winner of Microsoft's first-ever "Bing Jingle Contest."