News from the Division of Languages and Literature

CLMP awarded Bradford Morrow, professor of literature and editor of Conjunctions, the 2022 Lord Nose Award. Morrow was chosen by CLMP “in recognition of a lifetime of superlative work in literary publishing,” including his own published works, as well as his efforts as the founder and editor of Conjunctions. Morrow is the recipient of many awards, including the Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Nora Magid Award, and has taught at Bard since 1990.

Bard College alumnus Gabriel Braunstein ’20 is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020. The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I hope to serve a new community as best I can,” said Braunstein. “I am excited to work in a classroom and meet my new neighbors.”

Braunstein graduated from Bard in 2020 with a degree in literature. He will serve as an education volunteer in the Eastern Caribbean, working in cooperation with local community and partner organizations on sustainable development projects.

The volunteer cohorts are made up of both first-time volunteers and volunteers who were evacuated in early 2020. Upon finishing a three-month training, volunteers will collaborate with their host communities on locally prioritized projects in one of Peace Corps’ six sectors—agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health or youth in development—and all will engage in COVID-19 response and recovery work.