Prize Poetry
Kellam Ayres, MA English ’07 has been awarded the 2023 Spacks Prize for her forthcoming full-length poetry collection, In the Cathedral of My Undoing.
Stories
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Funding for Climate Leaders
Megan Mayhew-Bergman, assistant professor of English and director of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, has cofounded a new storytelling agency to help groups fighting the climate crisis.
How to Tell Green Stories
Megan Mayhew-Bergman, assistant professor of English and director of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, has cofounded a new storytelling agency to help groups fighting the climate crisis.
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.
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.
In the Face of Gentrification
Former Bread Loaf Fellow Cleyvis Natera’s debut novel, Neruda on the Park, is a portrait of how gentrification impacts a Dominican family in New York City.
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.
Award-Winning Translation
Jennifer Grotz, director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, has won a PEN America Literary Award for poetry in translation.
Poetry as Conversation
Cheswayo Mphanza ’16 recently released a book of poetry, The Rinehart Frames, which won the African Poetry Book Foundation’s 2020 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.