Review: Writer in Residence Mona Simpson’s “Stunning” New Novel about a Family and Mental Illness
Acclaimed novelist and Bard writer in residence Mona Simpson this week published her seventh novel, Commitment (Knopf). A “minimalist masterpiece” (Ann Levin, Associated Press) the novel follows a California family in the 1970s and 1980s whose three siblings must learn to navigate their lives after their mother is institutionalized for severe depression. “Simpson is an artist of the family saga, the multigenerational narrative. In her seventh novel, she doesn’t revisit this territory so much as animate it anew.” (Kirkus) Commitment is one of Kirkus’s 20 Best Books to Read in March.
Bard Center for the Study of Hate Releases New Publication on the Economic Costs of Hate Crimes
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate has released a new report examining the economic costs of violence stemming from hatred. The study, written by Bard Associate Professor Michael Martell, estimates that the measurable annual cost of hate crimes is nearly 3.4 billion, with the actual cost likely much higher. “Clearly, violence from hate has an economic cost, from property damage to medical costs to policing to psychological damage to the cost of fear rippling through a community,” Martell writes in “Economic Costs of Hate Crimes.” “The costs of hate crimes will also tell us something about the structure of our economy, from direct costs to lost opportunities.”Bard Professor Nuruddin Farah Interviewed in the Financial Times
Nuruddin Farah, distinguished professor of literature at Bard College, was interviewed in the Financial Times, where he spoke about his ambiguous relationship with his homeland as a Somali novelist who has lived in exile, his identity as a radical secularist, and his refusal to tolerate intolerance. “Like many people forced to live in exile, Farah has a complex relationship with his homeland,” writes David Pilling for the Financial Times. “A liberal who abhors the radical Islam that has overwhelmed his country, a fierce individualist who detests the conformity imposed by many families, Farah is a man who has lived in 13 countries but who can only think about one: Somalia.”More CFCD News
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Professor Joshua Glick Talks about AI in Hollywood on Marketplace Tech
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“Self-determination is the basis for any decolonial movement”: Candice Hopkins Interviewed in ArtReview about Indigenous Studies and Native Art Initiatives at Bard
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Paper Magazine: “Jack Ferver Mourns a Lost Generation in Nowhere Apparent”
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Elyria, a New Play Featuring Bard Faculty Member Bhavesh Patel, Is Reviewed in the New York Times
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Youssef Ait Benasser Joins Bard College Faculty as Assistant Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Studies
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“The Real Developmental Engine:” Jeannette Estruth on the Relationship between Silicon Valley and the Military-Industrial Complex for The Drift