In Episode Four in the Writer in the World podcast series faculty spotlight series, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto interviews fellow faculty member and award-winning playwright Rogelio Martinez who teaches dramatic writing on the Vermont campus. Martinez speaks about leaving Cuba: “a land where trust doesn’t come easily.” In May 1980, when he was nine years old,… Continue reading Writer in the World Podcast EP 4: “Trust”
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Writer in the World Podcast EP 3: “The Forest”
In the third episode of Writer in the World Podcast, author and Goddard faculty Sherri L Smith talks about why writers should take time to express gratitude to trees and be prepared to listen. Smith teaches fiction, graphic novel, non-fiction, screenplays, and fantasy at the MFA in Writing program at Goddard College. Fellow faculty Rahna… Continue reading Writer in the World Podcast EP 3: “The Forest”
Empathy, Anger, & Hate: A talk with Vincent DiPersio, documentary film maker
Vincent DiPersio (RUP ‘76) is a three-time Academy Award nominee for Documentary Feature. He has three Emmys. Last month he debuted a new film called Killed By Hate on the Oxygen Channel called Uncovered: Killed by Hate. It’s an examination of how the back-to-back murders of James Byrd and Mathew Sheppard led to Barack Obama’s… Continue reading Empathy, Anger, & Hate: A talk with Vincent DiPersio, documentary film maker
Writer in the World Podcast EP 2: “Defying Gravity”
“Defying Gravity” In the second episode of the Writer in the World podcast, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto interviews MFAW faculty Richard Panek who teaches fiction and non-fiction at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. Panek, an essayist, journalist, humorist and fiction writer, talks about how he became enamored of writing about science: “I saw that in writing… Continue reading Writer in the World Podcast EP 2: “Defying Gravity”
Murray Bookchin and threatened democracy in Northern Syria
Turkey’s attack on civilians and People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Rojava region of Northern Syria is not merely an attack on US allies that effectively fought against ISIS. It is an attack against one of the most ambitious examples of direct democracy in the modern world. In the early 2000s, Abdulla Öcalan, the imprisoned… Continue reading Murray Bookchin and threatened democracy in Northern Syria
Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece
In the struggle to provide much needed mental health support to vulnerable refugees, one woman is fearless. Dr. Danielle Gold, Executive Director of Fearless Planet documents her organization’s work in Samos, Greece in a video released by her organization. Dr. Gold is an alum of Goddard’s MA in Psychology program and adjunct professor teaching a… Continue reading Dr. Danielle Gold Gives Hope for Refugees in Greece
Writer in the World Podcast EP 1: “The Star”
The inaugural episode of The Writer in the World podcast by the Goddard College Masters in Creative Writing program.
“Three Long Mountains and a Wood”: Where Language Has Led You
by Julia Bouwsma As a poet who lives off-the-grid in the woods of Northern New England, my working practice has come to align with the seasons. In winter I hunker down and write, recalling my first winter in Maine when I hunched by the woodstove watching the snowdrifts swirl and amass at my kitchen window… Continue reading “Three Long Mountains and a Wood”: Where Language Has Led You
Enchantivism: Activism for Introverts
“If you want to change someone’s mind, tell them a story.” – Dr. Craig Chalquist, PhD, depth psychologist, Pacifica Institute Dr. Craig Chalquist has created a course in how to use dreams, myths and deep storytelling to inspire positive change. He is also a master gardener, which adds an ecological element to the work–our well-being… Continue reading Enchantivism: Activism for Introverts
Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part one)
March 13, 2019 This is the first installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019 at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part one)
Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part two)
March 29, 2019 This is the second installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019 at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part two)
Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part three)
April 5, 2019 This is the third installment of a three-part interview with Stefanie Batten Bland that was conducted by Reuben Radding on March 4, 2019 at New York University in New York City. Stefanie and Reuben are both current students in the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Goddard College. All photographs in the series… Continue reading Invitation to Witness: An Interview with Stefanie Batten Bland (part three)
“The Salutation” honoring Toni Morrison comes to Haybarn Theatre
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” -Toni Morrison This Saturday at 7pm, Goddard College will host The Salutation!, the culminating event of the We Do Language Symposium, which has been happening at various locations throughout the state from September 15 to September… Continue reading “The Salutation” honoring Toni Morrison comes to Haybarn Theatre
John Borstel solidifies Liz Lerman’s legacy with NEH grant
In one sense, John Borstel’s new job involves binge watching his favorite shows. John settles into his task of watching (and adding metadata to) 1,329 video recordings of the work of choreographer, dancer, educator and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Liz Lerman and her company, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange from Takoma Park, MD. The work… Continue reading John Borstel solidifies Liz Lerman’s legacy with NEH grant
MFAW Faculty Returns to Pandora in Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path
MFAW-VT faculty member Sherri L. Smith‘s comic book series Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path concluded last week with issue #6, “The Last Shadow.” “From his first meeting with Jake Sully to his acceptance of the Last Shadow, Tsu’tey’s life takes a path he could not anticipate, and which the film told only a part. Return to Pandora as the story… Continue reading MFAW Faculty Returns to Pandora in Avatar: Tsu’tey’s Path
Goddard’s Climate Commitment in Action: Sustainability Report
Goddard Annual Sustainability Progress Report July 2019 From the Sustainability Committee The sustainability committee was formed in 2007 when Goddard’s president signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. We conducted a carbon inventory, created a climate action plan, and began working to reduce energy use and carbon emissions with a goal to become… Continue reading Goddard’s Climate Commitment in Action: Sustainability Report
Good Tape: Notes from the Podcast School
For some time now, I have been interested in podcasts. Not so much in the things themselves, but in the explosion of interest in them, in our enthusiasm for hearing strangers chat. Wasn’t radio passé decades ago? We live in a society where our entertainment has surpassed technicolor and surround sound, to rumbling chairs in… Continue reading Good Tape: Notes from the Podcast School
UGP Faculty Karen Werner’s “Goddard moment”
I was in a master’s program in education when I felt a wave of wanting to be in spiritual practice. A gifted professor wove together Toni Morrison, Freud, the myth of Psyche and Cupid, and the professor’s own interviews with 9-13 year old girls. Voice, resonance, relationship, democracy. “The honesty of things is where they… Continue reading UGP Faculty Karen Werner’s “Goddard moment”
BFA Student protests deportation and family separation
In Philadelphia, the “Salute to America” Independence Day parade, with its cohort of Founding Fathers came to a halt. In his tallit and kippah, Goddard student, Mordecai Martin sat calmly alongside about 30 other protesters, their arms linked and their voices in song, preventing the parade from moving forward. The movement Never Again Action, which… Continue reading BFA Student protests deportation and family separation
What Takes Root: Socially Engaged Art
August 9, 2019 The last time I sat at this table, it was a place where things got stuck: an expanse of oak in a stuffy room where we sat across from a president that sheepishly told us no action was possible, the recommendations of the diversity workgroup were unrealistic, of course he agreed in… Continue reading What Takes Root: Socially Engaged Art