Writers Kelly Link and Jedediah Berry ’99 to Give Reading at Bard College on March 3
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Award-winning writers Kelly Link and Jedediah Berry ’99 will give a reading on Monday, March 3, at 4:00 pm in Weis Cinema in the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College. The event, which is presented as part of Bradford Morrow’s Bard course on innovative contemporary fiction and is cosponsored by the literary magazine Conjunctions, will include a Q&A with the authors and is free and open to the public.Kelly Link is known for her novel The Book of Love, and for her multitude of short stories, including the acclaimed collection Get in Trouble, which spans genres including fantasy, horror, and magic realism. Jebediah Berry ’99 is the author of The Naming Song, The Manual of Detection, and The Family Arcana, a story told in the form of cards.
“What a special joy to welcome back my former Bard student, Jedediah Berry, to speak with my students and give a public reading alongside one of my favorite writers and longtime Conjunctions contributors, Kelly Link,” said Morrow, professor of literature at Bard College and the founder and editor of Conjunctions. “As I wrap up my own years at Bard and my Innovative Contemporary Fiction Reading series, I think of how many students have gone on to successful careers in the literary world, and I hope my current students will be inspired by Jed’s triumphs as a writer. Both Kelly Link’s The Book of Love and Jedediah Berry’s The Naming Song were just named two of the five finalists for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Award in Sci-Fi/Fantasy for 2025. It will be wonderful to congratulate them both in person at Bard.”
Kelly Link is the author of the collections Stranger Things Happen (Small Beer Press), Magic for Beginners (Random House), Pretty Monsters (Speak), Get in Trouble, and White Cat, Black Dog, and the novel The Book of Love (all Random House). Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She has been a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of a World Fantasy Award, Nebula Award, and Hugo Award, and a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. She is the cofounder of Small Beer Press and coedits the zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and owns Book Moon, an independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA.
Jedediah Berry ’99 is the author of The Naming Song (Tor Books), his most recent novel which is a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His first novel, The Manual of Detection (Penguin Press), won the Crawford Award and the Hammett Prize and was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4. His story in cards, The Family Arcana (Ninepin Press), was a finalist for a World Fantasy Award. With Andrew McAlpine, he cowrote the Ennie Award-winning tabletop adventure game setting, The Valley of Flowers (Phantom Mill Games). Together with his partner, writer Emily Houk, he runs Ninepin Press, an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, and games in unusual shapes.
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Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year, residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,200 parklike acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in more than 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 13 programs; eight early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 165-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year, residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,200 parklike acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in more than 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 13 programs; eight early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 165-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
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This event was last updated on 02-25-2025
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