Bread Loaf in the World

Princeton/Bread Loaf Partnership　

Princeton University and the Princeton English Department have joined the Bread Loaf School of English in a new initiative that will bring outstanding Princeton English majors to the Bread Loaf program at Lincoln College, Oxford, starting summer 2012. Our shared purpose is to provide these students, all rising seniors, with a culturally and academically unique opportunity for intensive literary study and independent research. Drawing on the rich resources of the city and university of Oxford, this initiative will not only prepare students for thesis work in their senior year but also foster their growth as globally adept citizens. To inaugurate and pilot the partnership, Princeton will support three to four students a summer for the next three years. Princeton will also send a member of its English faculty to Bread Loaf/Oxford (this summer, Professor Sarah Rivett, a specialist in early American and transatlantic literature and culture) to run a proseminar on thesis writing and research for the Princeton/Bread Loaf Fellows.

Tracy K. Smith wins Pulitzer Prize!

Bread Loaf (and Princeton) faculty member Tracy Smith was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Life on Mars (Graywolf Press). The judges called her work "a collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain." (Monday, April 16, 2012)

Associate Director Django Paris Wins NCRLL Award 

Django Paris, Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy at Michigan State University, and Bread Loaf's associate director, has just been selected to receive the prestigious Early Career Achievement Award from the National Conference for Research on Language and Literacy. The award honors a scholar whose early career achievements include an outstanding record of publications, commitment to innovation in theory and practice, and an understanding of the complexity of teaching and learning literacy across educational settings.

Bread Loaf Partnership with the Navajo Nation

We are happy to announce an important partnership between the Navajo Nation and the Bread Loaf School of English. Thanks to the efforts and commitment of Rex Lee Jim (BL '01), Vice President of the Navajo Nation and member of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network Advisory Board, the Navajo Nation, in coordination with Write to Change, will provide funding of up to $2000 per candidate for Navajo teachers and teachers of Navajo students who enroll in the Bread Loaf program in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2012 and become active members of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network during the following academic year. Our shared goal is to provide powerful educational and professional development opportunities for these teachers that integrate advanced training in literature and literacy with Navajo culture, values, and teaching philosophy. Eligible applicants who are interested in applying to the Bread Loaf summer program in Santa Fe should contact Sandy LeGault for more information: sandy_legault@breadnet.middlebury.edu.

Bread Loaf School of English on Facebook

We now have an official Facebook page, to join several unofficial pages that Bread Loaf students at the four campuses have created over the past few years. Hope to see you there! 

Let Us Know Your News

If you have news for us—a change of address or job change, an item for inclusion in the "Class Notes" section of the Middlebury College magazine—let us know by e-mail (blse@breadnet.middlebury.edu), telephone (802-443-5418), or mail your information to:

Bread Loaf School of English
Middlebury College
Middlebury VT 05753