Faculty News

Anastas published in NYT Mag Anastas In NYT Magazine

Read literature faculty member Benjamin Anastas’ “The Breakup List” in the June 13 New York Times Magazine.

Image of Dr. Johnnetta Cole Human Rights Advocate, Educator Dr. Johnnetta Cole Addresses Graduates

Fear and the courage to overcome it were the themes of the 79th Bennington commencement dinner.

Image of Noah Coburn Coburn Monitors Afghanistan’s Presidential Election

Faculty member Noah Coburn has been monitoring Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election with a team of Afghan researchers in Kabul.

Feitlowitz's translation of Salvador Novo's Autobiography Feitlowitz Translates Salvador Novo’s Autobiography

Literature faculty member Marguerite Feitlowitz’s translated autobiography of Mexican writer Salvador Novo, which includes 19 translated sonnets, recounts Novo's coming-of-age amidst the violent Mexican Revolution and offers a history of his passions—both literary and otherwise. Published this spring by University of Texas Press, Pillar of Salt is "nothing short of beautiful," wrote critic Micah McCrary in his review.

Belarusian Dream Poster Bennington Stages ‘Belarusian Dream’

Bennington students participating in an international theater festival organized in support of Belarusian freedom of expression staged a series of short plays on March 25 to commemorate Belarusian Freedom Day, an unofficial holiday observed in opposition to the country’s authoritarian regime.