News from the Division of Languages and Literature
Daniel Mendelsohn Interviewed in the New York Review of Books
Mendelsohn discussed his new translation of Homer’s Odyssey for the University of Chicago Press.
Bard College Student Samantha Barrett ’26 Wins 2025 PEN/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize
This award recognizes 12 emerging writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine, journal, or cultural website, and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers.
Robert Cioffi Reviews The Red Sea Scrolls forthe London Review of Books
The book discusses the papyri of Wadi el-Jarf, which changed how we view the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Conjunctions |
05-14-2012
Mesmerists and hoarders. Conspiracy theorists and martyrs. Fetishists and addicts. Saints and sinners. Riveted explores the idea of obsession, the world of fixation, the idée fixe.