A Treatise on Stars, by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge ’69, was recently nominated as a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. Here, Berssenbrugge reflects on the natural influences and the creative process at work in her latest collection of poems.
The writer — whose debut novel, Burnt Sugar, is shortlisted for the Booker Prize — discusses her incredible journey into the literary industry and writing her first book.
Adjunct professor Nina Sharma ’05 writes about the power of play during a time of personal and global transition.
The author of When Aidan Became a Brother, Kyle Lukoff ’06 — who recently won a prestigious young adult literature award — talks books and offers his best advice for new writers.
The National Book Award finalist unpacks her creative and physical journey to remote Kamchatka, Russia, a 24-hour plane ride away from the writer's home and the setting of Disappearing Earth.
Twenty years after Interpreter of Maladies, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses the journey to publishing her latest book — in Italian.
The youngest-ever National Book Award nominee shares how Barnard helped her find her voice as a writer.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs ’04 — scholar, poet, and activist — addresses queer blackness in her work and the concept and inspiration behind her new book.
For the first time since the play debuted in 1976, The Public Theater brought the Obie Award-winning production to a new generation of audience members. And Barnard was in the house.
Barnard celebrates Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8) by honoring 25 groundbreaking alumnae.
Professor Ron Briggs discusses the power and influence of the literary salons of Lima in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to mark National Latinx/ Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15).
The prolific author discusses her latest novel and explains what the past can teach us about the present.
Why would being really snappy as a dresser be politically dangerous?
Nika's collection of poetry is based on her work with Syrian refugees.
Artist gifts her foundational works to the Barnard Archives
Watch political science Professor Séverine Autesserre share her journey from aspiring reporter to activist to Ivy League professor in the first episode of Barnard's Pathways to Passion series.
This year marks two important anniversaries for Zora Neale Hurston ’28, a preeminent writer of the Harlem Renaissance. To celebrate them, Barnard Magazine recently published two essays that broaden our understanding of this unique American writer.
Distinguished alumna Edwidge Danticat '90 returns to campus to share her new book, Create Dangerously, and to discuss what inspires her and drives her storytelling.
