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A black and white photo of Jedediah Berry ’99 in a newsboy hat.

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry ’99 Wins Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction

“Winning it was just an astonishing thing. I felt incredibly grateful.”
Portrait of Ingrid Becker with blonde hair wearing a black shirt.

Ingrid Becker Named a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study

Becker will work on a new research project about the rise of the questionnaire—a sociological technology and ubiquitous mass cultural form—in relation to the shifting status of the question in post-1945 Anglo-American poetry.
Olga Voronina smiling while standing on a bridge.

Professor Olga Voronina Awarded a Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship by Harvard

She received the Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts.

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December 2014

12-24-2014
Fisher Center Presents Diverse Spring Season of Performing Arts Events<br />
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents a full spring season of performing arts events, including jazz and orchestral concerts, and innovative dance and theater productions, from January 31 through May 16. Highlights include the Billie Holiday Centenary Tribute, Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, American Symphony Orchestra concerts, Cynthia Hopkins’ A Living Documentary, Neil Gaiman in Conversation with Laurie Anderson, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Dance,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Music,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Fisher Center |
12-23-2014
Meet John Ashbery, award-winning author of more than 30 books and Charles P. Stevenson, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Languages and Literature at Bard.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-21-2014
"Bradford Morrow is, quite skillfully, paying homage to one of Agatha Christie’s most famous whodunits. Yet even then, he offers a few twists of his own ...."
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-20-2014
Writer in Residence Teju Cole and Bard Fiction Prize winner Laura van den Berg discuss reading for diversity, popular books, and what they're reading right now.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-18-2014
Daniel Mendelsohn on "plot versus plottiness"—by way of Aristotle, Jerry Seinfeld, Downton Abbey, and Scandal—in his inaugural Harper's column.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-14-2014
Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal both praised Norman Manea's Captives, his 1970 debut novel, now translated from Romanian to English for the first time.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-14-2014
Professor Farah plays matchmaker with his unfulfilled characters in his short story "The Start of the Affair."
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-12-2014
Languages and Literature professor Ann Lauterbach and professor emeritus John Ashbery describe the pull of their favorite historical photographs.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-11-2014
Author Teju Cole discusses the CIA torture report, his affection for the Times arts section, and why he wants to write for the Onion.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-11-2014
"I am a bit shocked to realize 2014 was the year I loved everything I read," begins Porochista Khakpour as she names the best books she read this year.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-09-2014
How are Bard students and faculty talking about the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases? Bard writer in residence Francine Prose offers a glimpse into her classroom discussion.
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Credit: Photo by Jeff Sugg
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies,Inclusive Excellence | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
12-08-2014
Bard Presents an Exhibition of Photographic Collaborations Between Artists and Poets<br />
Bard College presents a special exhibition of photographs and poetry on display from December 8 
through January 9, on view in the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr. Library in the atrium and the Sussman Room, 2nd floor. The exhibition features two works, “Winter Music,” a collaboration between artist/photographer Susan Quasha and renowned poet Robert Kelly, and “Madonna Comix,” a series of 26 prints by Dianne Kornberg based on 11 poems by Celia Bland. There will be an opening reception and poetry reading on Tuesday, December 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Library atrium.
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-04-2014
Guilty pleasures, long books, and genre fiction ... Writer in Residence Teju Cole and Bard Fiction Prize winner Laura van den Berg comment on this second installment of "How Writers Read."
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-03-2014
Mariel Fiori talks about the character of the Hudson Valley's Hispanic population, and why she founded Bard's La Voz magazine to help serve its needs.
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Meta: Type(s): Staff | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature,Foreign Language | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
12-02-2014
Iranian American author Porochista Khakpour talks about a lifetime of writing and why she loves teaching younger students.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-02-2014
Joseph O’Neill's The Dog, Francine Prose's Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, and James Romm's Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero all made the list.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-01-2014
Francine Prose talks about her new novel, inspired by the real life of cross-dressing French athlete Violette Morris, who became a spy for the Gestapo during World War II.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-01-2014
Forty-five writers contribute microfiction for this collection. Each piece is two sentences long and follows one rule: Include "thanks" in an interesting way.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-01-2014
Husband and wife artists Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer appeared at local favorite Oblong Books on November 29 to promote Small Business Saturday.
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