Summer Writings
Enjoy the poetry and prose of this summer’s cohort at the Bread Loaf School of English. The theme for the summer 2023 edition of the Bread Loaf Journal is recovery and resilience.
Stories
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A Writer’s Craft
The latest podcast episode of Midd Moment features Rebecca Makkai, MA English ’04, a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.
Poetry as Medicine
Former Bread Loaf faculty member Marjorie Ryerson has published her first book of poetry, The Views from Mount Hunger.
In Praise of Roadside Americana
Megan Mayhew Bergman delights in driving past scrap metal dinosaurs, a giant gorilla holding a Volkswagen aloft, and other roadside attractions.
Finding His Way
Michael Obel-Omia ’88, MA English ’92 had to redefine his identity after a stroke in 2016 left him with aphasia, which affects one’s ability to use or comprehend words.
Mystery at the Boarding School
Bread Loaf School of English writer Rebecca Makkai MA ’04 addresses guilt, sexual predation, and racial privilege in her upcoming novel, I Have Some Questions for You, set in a New Hampshire girls’ boarding school. She spoke to Publishers Weekly about the book’s inspirations and her career.
Art for the Earth
Bread Loaf student and multimedia artist Himali Singh Soin ’08 is using her art to raise awareness and funds for ecological and community sustainability in the Himalayas.
Reading List for Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month, we’ve compiled a list of Black authors connected to Middlebury that we hope you’ll check out.
Words of Undoing
Guernica magazine recently published a poem by Kellam Ayres, MA English ’07. You can read or listen to “Tenement” online.