Written Arts News
M. Gessen Writes About the Responsibilities of Citizenship for the New York Times
“To be a good citizen of a bad state, one has to do scary things,” Gessen concludes.
M. Gessen Writes About the Responsibilities of Citizenship for the New York Times
M. Gessen. Photo by Lena Di
“To be a good citizen of a bad state, one has to do scary things,” Gessen concludes. “It may be using your body to shield someone more vulnerable, [or] withdrawing your economic cooperation, weighing… flying under the radar against taking a risk.”
Post Date: 11-05-2025
Francine Prose Reviews a 19th Century Novella That Merges Creationism and Evolution for the New York Review of Books
She praises Adam and Eve in Paradise, a 19th-century novella in which, among other things, Adam fights a dinosaur and Eve is praised for eating the forbidden fruit.
Francine Prose Reviews a 19th Century Novella That Merges Creationism and Evolution for the New York Review of Books
Distinguished Writer in Residence Francine Prose. Photo by Chris Kayden
Prose has taught in the Literature Program since 2005, which challenges cultural and disciplinary boundaries that have often dictated the terms by which we understand the meaning of the written word. She is also affiliated faculty in the Written Arts Program at Bard, which encourages students to experiment with their own writing in a context sensitive to intellectual, historical, and social realities.
Post Date: 11-05-2025
Writer in Residence Wyatt Mason Writes about Guy Davenport’s Letters for the New York Review of Books
Davenport’s texts are “a set of paths that lead us to places we haven’t been,” Mason writes.
Writer in Residence Wyatt Mason Writes about Guy Davenport’s Letters for the New York Review of Books
Wyatt Mason.
Mason, a critic and translator who has taught at Bard since 2010, writes about Davenport’s letters as well as the reissue of his book about inspiration in art, The Geography of the Imagination. Davenport’s texts are “a set of paths that lead us to places we haven’t been,” Mason writes. “A text is revealed to be a cave into which an intelligence has descended, by torchlight, to make marks that, once discovered, will require some work to see.”
Post Date: 10-28-2025
Upcoming Events
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11/07Friday4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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11/10Monday6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
A Reading with Susan Fox Rogers
Monday, November 10, 2025
6:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
On Monday, November 10, at 6pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center (RKC), writer Susan Fox Rogers will read from her essay, Guivi: What We Keep, What We Burn, winner of the 2025 Harvard Review Chapbook Prize, as part of the Written Arts Senior Colloquium series. This reading is free and open to the public.
Susan Fox Rogers is a birder, rock climber, kayaker, teacher, and writer who has authored and/or edited numerous works focused on the natural world and outdoor adventure. She was Visiting Associate Professor of Writing at Bard College from 2001 - 2022. Her books include Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure, When Birds Are Near: Literary Bird Tales, and My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir. She was selected by the National Science Foundation to participate in a US Antarctic Artists and Writers Program during the 2004 and 2005 austral summer. Her forthcoming chapbook, Guivi: What We Keep, What We Burn won the 2025 Harvard Review Chapbook Prize.
Contact: Megan Brien
E-mail: [email protected]
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11/14Friday4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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11/21Friday4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Kline, College Room
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11/28Friday4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
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