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Opinion: We can’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Trumpism is far from over. Bard Faculty Francine Prose in the Guardian
Distinguished Writer in Residence Francine Prose considers the results of the midterms and a growing sense that Donald Trump “is losing his grip on the Republican party.” But she cautions, “to ‘move on’ from Trumpism, to view his regime as an aberration, a four-year mistake, is to fall victim to the dangerous historical amnesia to which Americans seem so susceptible.” She examines Trump’s announcement of his intention to run for president in 2024 and reflects on some of the most divisive moments of his presidency. More >
Joseph Luzzi’s Botticelli’s Secret Named Among New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022 So Far
Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi, professor of comparative literature at Bard College, was named one of the best books of 2022 by the New Yorker. “In this wide-ranging history, Luzzi considers why the drawings, which illustrated eighty-eight cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy, had fallen into oblivion, and charts both Dante’s and Botticelli’s reputations across the ages,” they write. “Many of the ideas for the book came from my classroom discussions with our students,” Luzzi says, making the book’s inclusion on this list “especially gratifying.” More >
Recent News
- Latest Issue of Conjunctions, Bard College’s Celebrated Literary Magazine, Features New Work by Fred Moten, Can Xue, John Crowley, Nathaniel Mackey, Sofia Samatar, Yxta Maya Murray, Russell Banks, and Many Others
- To Hell and Back: Professor Joseph Luzzi’s New Book Traces the History of Botticelli’s Unfinished Illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy
- On Election Day, Bard Students Vote at Bertelsmann Campus Center after the College’s Legal Victory for Polling Place on Campus
- Professor Valeria Luiselli to Be Honored at 92NY’s Seventh Annual Extraordinary Women Awards
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