Alumni News
Everything Michael Pollan '76 Loved About Bennington College Is Still TrueBennington College is the only college Michael Pollan ’76 applied to. Pollan’s mother had attended Bennington in the fifties, and he remembered reading through her college papers, which were kept in the attic of his childhood home, and thinking about how extraordinary it was to have been taught, as she was, by poet Howard Nemerov and literary critic Kenneth Burke.
The Next Generation of Queer LeadersThe Advocate highlighted Will Greer '24 and his campaign for Vermont state representative in the Bennington 2 district.
Bennington's Spookiest Stories A misty figure floating beyond the end of the world. The eerie sounds of pianos streaming from Jennings practice rooms with no one at the keys. The spine-chilling feeling of eyes watching you from the woods.
What comes to mind when you think of the seasonal thinning of the veil? Alumni share their original non-fiction account of hauntings at Bennington, micro fiction, and poetry about the spooky side of autumn. Read if you dare.
Finding Wonderby Jeffrey Perkins MFA ’09
Atlas Obscura Co-Founder Dylan Thuras '04 on Bennington, Travel, and the Unexpected
Atlas Obscura, BenningtonBy Ashley Brenon Jowett
Illustration by Nate Padavick
As a homage to Dylan Thuras ’04’s Atlas Obscura, we’re sharing seven of the website’s wondrous Bennington-area places. You will barely be able to resist using the map for a spooky road trip this fall.