Alumni News
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.
Galbraith Publishes EssayBennington MFA Writing Seminars graduate Megan Galbraith published an essay, titled "Sin Will Find You Out" in Catapult. The essay recounts her search for and conversation with her birth mother, who gave Galbraith up for adoption at six months old.
Brennan '01 in New York MagazineSummer Brennan '01 published an article, "The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue" in New York Magazine.