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Ashley D. Escobar ’22 is a dynamic writer and filmmaker with a unique literary voice. Born and raised in San Francisco, Ashley’s debut poetry collection GLIB (Changes, 2025), selected by Eileen Myles for the 2024 Changes Book Prize, is the latest testament to her bold creative vision. Her debut chapbook SOMETIMES was published in 2021, and her writing has appeared in prestigious publications such as The London Magazine, The Drift, and Hobart. 

While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty and staff offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.

Whether you’re looking for the perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself this holiday season (you deserve a ‘lil treat), we’ve rounded up a handy list of new and classic books written by the Bennington community to delight even the pickiest of readers. 

As Bennington begins the second half of the Fall 2020 term, we reflect on the ways our community has adapted to learning and living on campus and beyond this fall—and the experiences, successes, and moments of joy along the way.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has received a $300,000 two-year grant from the , which will support restructuring the academic leadership team to strengthen the student experience.

While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty, staff, and students offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.

Brian Michael Murphy  a $6,000 summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.