Written Arts News
New Book by Bard Writer in Residence Benjamin Hale Featured in Chronogram
“The story really only works as nonfiction,” he told Chronogram. “It’s so weird it wouldn’t be believable as a novel.”
New Book by Bard Writer in Residence Benjamin Hale Featured in Chronogram
Benjamin Hale, writer in residence. Photo by Rachel Collet
Hale will discuss the book in conversation with Ryan Chapman at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck on March 12 at 6pm.
Post Date: 03-11-2026
Valeria Luiselli Interviewed in the New Yorker
Luiselli was interviewed about her story “Predictions and Presentiments,” which is drawn from her upcoming book, Beginning Middle End.
Valeria Luiselli Interviewed in the New Yorker
Valeria Luiselli. Photo by Alfredo Pelcastre
The Written Arts Program at Bard encourages students to experiment with their writing in a context sensitive to intellectual, historical, and social realities. Students are encouraged to consider writing as an act of critical and creative engagement, a way of interrogating and translating the world.
Post Date: 02-16-2026
D.M. Aderibigbe’s Collection 82nd Division Featured in Multiple Publications
Since its release, it has been reviewed by Literary Hub and received a starred review in Booklist.
D.M. Aderibigbe’s Collection 82nd Division Featured in Multiple Publications
D.M. Aderibigbe and his collection 82nd Division.
Aderibigbe was also interviewed by Frontier Poetry. “In my second collection, I was wholly invested in the formal elements of each poem,” he said. “It was important to me [that] the form of each poem adds some degree of complexity to it.” He will give a reading of the collection with Ann Lauterbach on January 29 at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck.
Aderibigbe teaches in Bard’s Written Arts program, which encourages students to experiment with their writing in a context sensitive to intellectual, historical, and social realities. Students are encouraged to consider writing as an act of critical and creative engagement, a way of interrogating and translating the world.
Post Date: 01-27-2026
Upcoming Events
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3/23Monday5:10 pm EDT/GMT-4
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Center for Ethics and Writing Journal Launch
Monday, March 23, 2026
5:10 pm EDT/GMT-4
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Come celebrate the first issue of the Center for Ethics and Writing Journal!
The CEW Journal is a collection of student writing from Center-supported writing workshops across Bard, including those taught at Bard College's Annandale campus and the Bard Microcolleges in Harlem and Brooklyn. The Journal also includes poetry from one of the Center for Ethics and Writing's Fellows, Mahtab Yaghma.
Come and enjoy some refreshments and grab a print copy of the Center's Journal. This reception will be followed by a reading with novelist and Bard alum Stephanie Wambugu '20 at 6pm.
Contact: Megan Brien
E-mail: [email protected]
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3/23Monday6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
A Reading with Stephanie Wambugu '20
Monday, March 23, 2026
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
On Monday, March 23rd, at 6pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center, writer and Bard alum Stephanie Wambugu '20 will read from her work. This reading is free and open to the public.
Stephanie Wambugu lives in New York City. She was born in Mombasa, Kenya and grew up in New England. Her work appears in The Nation, Granta, frieze, Bookforum and The Drift. Her debut novel Lonely Crowds was published by Little, Brown in 2025. Learn more about Stephanie Wambugu's work here.
This reading will be preceded by a reception for the Center for Ethics and Writing Journal at 5:10pm. All are welcome to join.
Contact: Megan Brien
E-mail: [email protected]
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3/26Thursday5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Preston
Do Not Try to Bend the Spoon. There Is No Spoon: Mediating Shamanism and Myth in Contemporary Korean Culture
With Novelist Bo-Young Kim
Thursday, March 26, 2026In this talk, Kim reveals how Korean shamanism, ghost lore, and myth, often invisible to Western audiences, continue to shape contemporary Korean science fiction and popular culture. From “evil ghosts” (ak-kwi) frequently mistaken for demons to K-pop idols reimagined as modern-day shamans, this talk reframes haunting and possession not as horror, but as transformation, embodiment, and ethical connection. Linking ancient myths such as Paridegi with global touchstones like The Matrix and Star Wars, Kim offers students and community members a rare lens for understanding Korean storytelling on its own terms.
5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Preston
Bo-Young Kim is a leading South Korean science fiction writer whose work has profoundly influenced a generation of emerging authors since the early 2000s. Her English-language collection I’m Waiting for You and Other Stories was published by HarperCollins, and her translated collection, On the Origin of Species and Other Stories, published by Kaya Press, was nominated for a National Book Award, among other publications. She also served as a scenario advisor for Bong Joon-ho’s SF film Snowpiercer.
Contact: Soonyoung Lee
E-mail: [email protected]