Literary Bennington

Literary Bennington is a blog that investigates the literary mystique—both in the past and in the present—at America's foremost experimental college.

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Best of The Silo - “Summer of Love” by Zac Brenner For this week’s “Best of The Silo” post, we’ve paired... https://t.co/x0tf60YpLZ

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PRIMUS INTER PARES: A Q&A WITH NICHOLAS DELBANCO - To make an attempt to summarize Nicholas Delbanco’s work... https://t.co/Ao2FEnrafN

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Part Two: What Could Be Funnier Than Milkmaids? - The first post about Quincy Long’s play Daughters of Io... https://t.co/VpNkPEbBpY

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A Descent into Limbo with Maurice Sendak - The poster for Maurice Sendak’s lecture at Bennington in 1989 We... https://t.co/Iu7KjJnlHd

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Death Keg: A 1980s Flashback with Jill Eisenstadt and Jonathan Lethem - The original poster for Jill... https://t.co/FYU8I3sVyx

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Death Kegs, Devo, and The Seventh Seal: an 80s Flashback with Jill Eisenstadt and Jonathan Lethem - Before... https://t.co/VtuXGUQzfp

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PITY THE ANIMAL: A Q&A WITH CHELSEA HODSON - Author photograph by Daniel Shea I first met Chelsea Hodson... https://t.co/UwNeZp4ksn

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Shirley Jackson’s North Bennington: a Walking Tour - Shirley Jackson, the American master of the uncanny... https://t.co/WZiIonAgAC

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Fetish Objects: a Little Known Bret Easton Ellis Side Project - A screen-print of a leopard by artist... https://t.co/Fxj9kXIlwg

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Best of Silo - Painting by Chloe Heyman ’13 This week Silo brings you a blast from the past with Chloe Hey... https://t.co/NfLovyGmIb

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Three Days Before “The Lottery”: a Q&A with Laurence Jackson Hyman - The cover for a 1950 paperback edition... https://t.co/5Xv7c5fFWw

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Zora Neale Hurston Comes to Bennington (1935) - On May 23rd, 1935 Zora Neale Hurston sent a letter to Cath... https://t.co/weaJ42zpCn

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The Potency of Place: Donna Tartt’s Graduation Speech - 1986 Commencement Program On June 14, 1986, Donna... https://t.co/njngzfKnmf

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Haunted Bennington - The Jennings Mansion in its heyday  As Halloween draws near, students at Bennington... https://t.co/on2q8ef3uo

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Reporting the Oyster War - Bennington alumna Summer Brennan, class of ’01, studied writing, drama, and... https://t.co/AjZI2yGkJu

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Milkmaids and 1930s Schoolgirls - The 1938 commencement photo at Bennington On the second Saturday of term... https://t.co/kx3BRCcMAp

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Orpheus in Sunglasses - We’re panning around a slick music studio as a willowy twenty-something brunette is... https://t.co/ZrtBldYERW

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Best of Silo #1 - The Painter’s Party, Hannah Brookman ‘16 In an effort to represent the writing and... https://t.co/tTasZl2eyE

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Fetish Objects: a Rare F. Scott Fitzgerald Manuscript - An emended manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s... https://t.co/ZpjIFjfpww

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Moving Sound over Line: Poetry at Bennington with Roger Reeves - The front page of the Chicago Defender... https://t.co/pqhS7c1F8s