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.
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.
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.
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.