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The Bennington Lens

Club spotlight: Creative Writing Club

The Creative Writing Club, run by sophomore McKennly McLain (he/him), meets every Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 P.M. immediately following Literature Night and Poetry at…

Visual art: Xiao Ma

Xiao Ma (any/all pronouns) — who also goes by Smile, as “Xiao” in mandarin means “Smile” — is a 4th term sophomore in Bennington studying…

Faculty spotlight: Paul La Farge

Paul La Farge is a professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Bennington College. He is currently teaching Horror Fiction and Film and will teach…

Poetry: Icarus

I don’t know how much more anger I can holdWhen I give myself time to stop and Think About Things I’ve avoided the whirlpool of…

Student Spotlight: Sierra Fales

Sierra Fales, a seventh-term student, has always loved science. As an elementary student struggling in school, she found the sciences to be a totem of…

A murmur went through the crowd

The incident is, perhaps forever, fixed on Walker’s reputation, and has, since her appointment, become a present and tense topic of community discussion within oppositional contexts. Even since the student and faculty interviews in the hiring process, Walker has spoken to the community about this incident, opening herself to conversations about preventing such an event at Bennington.

Prose: untitled

“Rough air,” the captain warned. Oh, again, thought Ella. She just wanted to sleep. She opened her eyes and inches from her face there was…

Visual Art: Valeria Sibrian Quijada

Valeria Sibrian Quijada (they/them) is a senior at Bennington College studying visual arts. Their art aims to evoke nostalgia while grappling with themes of death…

Student Spotlight: Ellis Golden

Ellis Golden (she/her) is a sophomore at Bennington College and is studying to be a middle-school English literature teacher. Growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas,…

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