Bread Loaf School of English catalog, 2006

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Summer 2006 Dates and Fees
Alaska Campus
June 19 Arrival day
June 20 Registration day
June 21 Classes begin
August 1 Classes end
August 2 Commencement
Tuition: $3,720
Room and Board: $2,880
Total: $6,600
New Mexico Campus
June 13 Arrival and
registration day
June 14 Classes begin
July 25 Classes end
ADMINISTRATION BREAD LOAF STAFF July 26 Commencement
Tuition: $3,720
RONALD D. LIEBOWITZ, Karen Browne Room and Board: $2,880
President of Middlebury College Lexa deCourval
Total: $6,600
Susan Holcomb
JAMES H. MADDOX, Director of the Judy Jessup
Bread Loaf School of English Elaine Lathrop North Carolina Campus
Sandy LeGault
June 20 Arrival and
EMILY BARTELS, Associate Director of registration day
the Bread Loaf School of English PLEASE ADDRESS June 21 Classes begin
August 1 Classes end
KEVIN DUNN, On-Site Director of CORRESPONDENCE TO:
August 2 Commencement
Bread Loafi n Alaska
CLAIRE SPONSLER, On-Site Director ከባ.) Tuition: $3,720
5 ር. 5 Freeman International Center Room and Board: $2,880
of Bread Loaf in New Mexico
Middlebury College
Total: $6,600
Middlebury VT 05753
TILLY WARNOCK, On-Site Director
Telephone: [phone]
of Bread Loafi n North Carolina Oxford Campus
Fax: [phone] (through June 16)
Summer fax: [phone] June 26 Arrival day
JOHN FYLER, On-Site Director of
(June 19-August 12) June 27 Registration day
Bread Loaf at Lincoln College, Oxtord
E-mail: [email protected] June 28 Classes begin
Web: www.middlebury.edu/academics/blse August 4 Classes end
Front cover photo by Edward Brown August 5 Commencement
Other photographs by Edward Brown,
SuZanne Curtis, Alex Ezell, Beth Clauser,
Comprehensive Fee: $8,665
William Crenshaw, Courtney Giknis, Bob
HandelJmuday nJes,su p, Sandy LeGault, Lucy This publication was
Maddox, David Miller, Amanda Reidenbaugh, printed on recycled paper. Vermont Campus
Nancy Schein, Jamieson Tall, Charles Temple, June 27 Arrival and
University of North Carolina at Asheville, and registration day
University of Alaska Southeast. June 28 Classes begin
July 21 Midterm recess
The Bread Loaf School of English, as a graduate school of Middlebury College, is accredited by the August 9 Classes end
New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Middlebury College complies with applicable
August 12 Commencement
provisions ofs tate and federal law which prohibit discrimination in employment or in admission or
access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities, on the basis of race, color,
‘Tuition: $3,720
ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, place ofb irth, Vietnam
veteran status, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis ofd isability. Because of Board: $1,370
varying circumstances and legal requirements, such provisions may not apply to programs offered by Room: $ 550
the College outside the United States. This is consistent with the College’s intent to comply with the Total: $5,640
requirements ofa pplicable law, Individuals with questions about the policies governing such programs
should direct inquiries to James Maddox.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Bread Loaf School of English
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2006 Summer Programs
ach summer the Bread Loaf School of English assembles a community of
teachers and learners at each of its five campuses: the University of Alaska
Southeast near Juneau; St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the
University of North Carolina in Asheville; Lincoln College, Oxford, in the
United Kingdom; and the Bread Loaf Mountain campus in Vermont. Students
may take courses in continuing graduate education, or they may enroll in full
degree programs, leading to the Master of Arts and Master of Letters degrees in
EnglishT.h e Bread Loaf emphasis has always been upon close contact between
teacher and student in an intensive six-week course of study.
Bread Loaf’s faculty come from many of the most distinguished colleges and
universities in the United States and the United Kingdom and offer courses in
literature, literary theory, creative writing, the teaching of writing, and theater
arts. Students normally enroll in two one-unit (three semester hours) courses each
summer.
Since it was established in 1920, the Bread Loaf School of English has been a
cornerstone of Middlebury College’s reputation for excellence in the teaching of
literatureT.h e Bread Loaf School is one of 11 summer programs of Middlebury
College. Others are the Language Schools of Arabic, Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, and the Bread Loaf Writers’
Conference. Middlebury College offers no graduate program in English during
the regular academic year.
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‘The Campuses
The Bread Loaf School of English Students are lodged in double rooms at St.
at the University of Alaska John’s CollegeT.h e Bread Loaf office can
give advice to students with families seeking
Southeast, Juneau, Alaska
housing in Santa Fe. Students living on
JUNE 19-AuGusT 2, 2006
campus take their meals together at St.
John’s.
Bread Loaf in Alaska, located at the
University of Alaska Southeast near Juneau,
In the larger area around Santa Fe, there are
enrolls approximately 80 students and offers
many locales to visit, including Albuquerque,
a full range of coursesT.h e program takes
Acoma, Taos, and some of the most
advantage of Juneau’s unique location;
significant archeological sites in the United
several courses are likely to focus on the
States. Some classes may make excursions
literature and landscape of the Pacific
to selected sites. Students might seriously
Northwest and on indigenous cultures.
consider renting a car, since many of the
sites are easily reachable from, but not in
Dormitory housing at UAS is available for
close proximity to, Santa Fe.
students; there will be little, if any, family
housing on campus. Student rooms are
doubles: four students in two rooms share a
The Bread Loaf School of English
common bathroom, microwave, and refriger-
at the University of North Carolina
ator. A limited number of single rooms are
in Asheville
available for an additional fee. Students living
JUNE 20—AuGusT 2, 2006
on campus take their meals together at UAS.
Beginning this summer, Bread Loaf will
The city of.A shevillea td usk. UAS is a site of spectacular natural beauty
offer courses at the University of North
located just outside Juneau on Auke Lake, a
Carolina in Asheville, at the foot of the
short distance from the Mendenhall Glacier
Blue Ridge Mountains. Bread Loaf in
on one side and the Gastineau Channel on
North Carolina will enroll approximately
the other. Not far from Juneau are Glacier
60 students and offers a curriculum similar
Bay and Sitka, the old Russian capital of
to those offered at the other campuses, but
The bell tower of St. John’s College, Alaska. Students at Bread Loaf/Alaska enjoy
with an appropriate emphasis upon literature
Santa Fe. hiking, kayaking, fishing, and all-school boat
of the South and African American
trips in the Alexander Archipelago. Juneau is
literature.
accessible from the lower 48 states only by
boat or by plane.
Students will be lodged in single and double
rooms on the UNCA campus, which is
located within Asheville, one mile north of
The Bread Loaf School of English
downtown. Students living on campus will
at St. John’s College, Santa Fe,
take their meals together in the UNCA
New Mexico
Dining Hall. There will be some family
JUNE 13-JULY 26, 2006
housing available.
Bread Loaf offers courses at St. John’s
Asheville is a small city; it is both intensely
College, at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo
regional and strikingly cosmopolitan—
Mountains in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bread
regional in being a center for local
Loafi n New Mexico enrolls approximately
Appalachian arts and country and bluegrass
100 students and offers a curriculum similar
music, cosmopolitan for so small a southern
to those offered at the other campuses, but
city in its varied ethnic restaurants and
with an appropriate emphasis upon
ubiquitous sidewalk cafes. Mountain sports
American Indian literature, American
and activities around Asheville include
Hispanic literature, and writing of the
hiking, mountain climbing, and whitewater
Southwest.
rafting.
Students may attend any of Bread Loaf’s five campuses. The single residency requirement is that stu-
dents pursuing a degree must spend at least one summer at the Vermont campus. See the front inside
cover for a complete schedule of dates and fees for all campuses.
The Bread Loaf School of English The Bread Loaf School of English
at Lincoln College, Oxford at Bread Loaf, Vermont
JUNE 26—AuGUST 5, 2006 JUNE 27—AuGusT 12, 2006
Each summer the Bread Loaf School of The central location for the Bread Loaf
English enrolls about 90 students at Lincoln School of English is the campus located out-
College. Bread Loaf has exclusive use of the side Middlebury, in sight of Bread Loaf
accommodations of Lincoln College during Mountain in the Green Mountains of
the summer session, so that the School of Vermont. Each year, approximately 250 stu-
English has its own identity. Each student dents come from all regions of the United
selects one seminar as a two-unit (six semester States and from other countries to take
hours) summer program. There are usually courses in literature, creative writing, the
six students in each seminar, which meets in teaching of writing, and theater. All of these
a manner determined by the tutor. For courses benefit from the on-site presence of
example, the tutor may meet all students the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, which vis-
together twice a week and then in tutorial its classrooms and, along with actors drawn
for an hour. Oxford tutors place heavy from the student body, appears in theatrical
emphasis on independent study; students productions during the summer.
should expect to give oral reports and write
weekly papers. Seminars and tutorials are Dormitory housing at Bread Loaf in
often held at the Oxford college with which Vermont is available for students without Master of Arts (M.A.)
the tutor is affiliated. families accompanying them; most student
rooms are doubles. Cabins, houses, and
Master of Letters (M.Litt.)
At Oxford, students have single accommo- camps in the mountain communities sur-
dations, occasionally consisting of a living rounding Bread Loaf and at Lake Dunmore
room and a bedroom. They take their meals are available for students with families. Courses in Continuing
together in the College Hall. Rooms are Although the Bread Loaf office provides Graduate Education
cleaned by scouts.A limited number of housing lists, securing off-campus housing is
suites are available at Lincoln for students the responsibility of the student. Meals for
with spouses, and there are a limited number on-campus students are served in the Bread
of apartments outside of Lincoln for students Loaf Inn; off-campus students may pay for
with families. individual meals in the Inn. The School con-
tracts the services of a local day care center
Located on the Turl in the center of the city to provide a child-care program for children
of Oxford, Lincoln is one of the smallest of students, faculty, and staff.
and most beautiful of the Oxford colleges.
The School promotes theater trips to For those who enjoy outdoor life, Bread
Stratford-upon-Avon and London. In recent Loaf/Vermont is ideally located at the edge
years, Oxford classes have, either officially of the Green Mountain National Forest. A
or unofficially, taken excursions to locales junction with the Long Trail, which winds
associated with the courses. along the summit of the Green Mountains
and extends from southern Vermont to the
Canadian border, is a short hike from the
School. A picnic at the nearby Robert Frost
Students may attend Farm and a tour of the Frost Cabin are pop-
ular Bread Loaf traditions, as are movies and
any ofB read Loaf’s
dances in the Bread Loaf Barn. The exten-
five campuses. sive campus and nearby lakes and rivers offer
many opportunities for recreation.A softball
and soccer playing field and tennis and vol-
leyball courts are available. Running and
hiking trails are everywhere.
Student reading in Vermont.
Academics
The Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree New Mexico, North Carolina, and Vermont,
Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree and one course (two units) at Oxford. At all
rom an accredited college.T o earn the
campuses except Oxford, each course meets
M.A., students must successfully complete
five hours a week. Each one-unit course at
the equivalent of 10 courses; the M.A. is Bread Loaf receives three semester hours
usually earned in four or five summers.
(the equivalent of four and one-half quarter
No thesis is required. A grade of B- or
hours) of graduate credit. After the first
better is required in order to receive course summer exceptional students may request
credit. Students must complete work permission to take a third course for credit
Elizabeth Bunch as Juliet in the 2005
eading to the M.A. within 10 years of
Bread Loaf production of Romeo and Juliet. in Alaska, New Mexico, North Carolina, or
their initial enrollment. Vermont or an independent tutorial (one
In recent years, major unit of credit) at Oxford.
The curriculum is divided into six groups:
productions at Bread Loaf
(I) writing and the teaching of writing; (II) Continuing Graduate Education
have included:
English literature through the seventeenth
The School allows students not seeking a
century; (III) English literature since the degree to enroll for a summer in a non-
e Three Penny Opera seventeenth century; (IV) American litera-
degree status in continuing graduate
e Much Ado about Nothing ture; (V) world literature; (VI) theater arts. education. Upon the student’s successful
e Arcadia Ordinarily the M.A. program includes a completion of a summer’s study, Middlebury
e Measure for Measure minimum of two courses each from Groups College will issue the student a Certificate
e Romeo and Julhet II and 11] and one course each from Groups in Continuing Graduate Education.
IV andV . Upon the student's request, any
The 2006 production will be one of these six distribution requirements Undergraduate Honors Program
Big Love by the contemporary may be waived. Exceptionally able undergraduates with
American playwright strong backgrounds in literary study may be
Charles Mee. The Master of Letters (M.Litt.) Degree admitted to graduate study at Bread Loaf
The M.Litt. program builds in a concentrat- after the completion of three years toward
ed, specialized way on the broader base of their bachelor’s degree and may take up to
the M.A. in English, which is a prerequisite
two units of course work. Their courses may
for this degree. For example, students may
be transferred to their home institutions, or
concentrate on a period such as the
they may serve as the initial credits leading
Renaissance, a genre such as the novel, or to the M.A. degree at the Bread Loaf
a field of study such as American poetry. School of English.
The M.Litt. can be earned in four or five
Transfer Credits
summers by following a program of 10
Up to two units (six semester hours or nine
courses or Independent Reading Projects. quarter hours) of graduate credit may be
This program of studies is drawn up by the
transferred from other accredited institu-
end of the student’s first summer in the
tions, to count toward the Bread Loaf M.A.
degree program, in consultation with the
or M.Litt. degree. Each course must be
associate director. Of the 10 courses, up to approved for transfer by the associate
three may be electives not directly related
director, preferably before the work is done.
to the field of concentration. No thesis is Transfer course credits cannot be counted
required, but in the final summer a student for degree credit elsewhere and must be of
must pass a comprehensive written and oral
a grade ofB or better. Graduate credits,
examination, or the equivalent, in his or whether they are earned at Bread Loaf or
her field of concentration. Students must
transferred from another institution, cannot
complete work leading to the M.Litt.
count toward a degree after 10 years have
within 10 years of their initial acceptance.
elapsed.
Credits
Credits earned at the Bread Loaf School of
The normal summer program of study
Seamus Heaney gives a lecture at English are generally transferable to other
Bread Loaf in Vermont. consists of two courses (two units) in Alaska, graduate institutions.
The Program in Theater summer. A reading project successfully
Virtually since its beginning, the Bread Loaf completed is the equivalent of a regular
School of English in Vermont has put a Bread Loaf course.A tuition fee of $1,860
major emphasis upon the theater arts. The is charged for each reading project.
Program in Theater provides formal and
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informal instruction in acting, directing, Independent Summer Reading Projects
playwriting, stagecraft, and design. While the Under exceptional circumstances, when the
program is not structured as a professional format of the normal Independent Reading
training school, it is oriented toward bringing Project is not appropriate (for example, in
students into contact with theater profes- acting or directing projects), students may
sionals in all fields. A major aspect of theater design an Independent Summer Reading
study at the Bread Loaf program in Vermont Project, which counts as the equivalent of a
is the presentation of a wide variety of regular Bread Loaf course. Students have
performance projects. the responsibility for establishing the subject
matter of the summer project and for sub-
Bread Loaf each year brings professional mitting a well-conceived prospectus for the
actors to the Vermont campus to assist in summer’s work; students should submit the
mounting the summer’s major production, prospectus when they register for courses, or
produced in Bread Loaf’s Burgess Meredith no later than March 1.The summer project
Little Theater; these actors constitute the must be in an area in which the student has
Bread Loaf Acting EnsembleT.h e Ensemble previously taken a course at Bread Loaf and
is intimately involved in many of the class- received a grade of A- or better.
rooms-not only classes in dramatic literature, Students prepare for class
but also classes in other forms of literary Oxford Independent Tutorials in Vermont.
study and in the teaching of writing. The Exceptional students attending Bread Loaf
2006 production will be Big Love by the at Lincoln College, Oxford may propose a
contemporary American playwright course of study for a tutorial to be taken in
Charles Mee; Big Love is loosely based addition to their regular Bread Loaf course.
on Aeschylus’s The Suppliant Maidens. These tutorial projects receive one unit of
credit and should involve approximately the
New plays written by Bread Loaf students amount of reading and writing contained
are occasionally produced in the theater on within a one-unit Bread Loaf course at one
the Vermont campus, as are one-acts directed of the other four campuses. Project proposals
by advanced directing students. Opportunities must be approved by both the director and a
also exist for acting students to explore and member of the Bread Loaf/Oxford faculty,
present longer scenes and for all interested who will supervise the student’s work dur-
students to act in informal presentations in ing the ensuing summer. Students should
the directing or playwriting workshops. register for the tutorial when they register
for their other courses, and submit a
Independent Reading Projects prospectus no later than March 1.A Bread
With the approval of the associate director Loaf student must be enrolled in one of the Field tripfo r “Searchinfgo rW ildness”
and an appropriate member of the faculty, regular Bread Loaf/Oxford courses in order course in 2005.
qualified students may undertake an to be eligible to take one of these extra
Independent Reading Project, which tutorials. A tuition fee of $1,860 will be
consists of reading and research during the charged for each tutorial.
academic year. Students must have taken a
course at Bread Loafi n the area of their Course Registration
proposed reading project and have demon- Course registration begins on February 15.
strated their competence by securing a grade All enrolled students will receive detailed
of A- or higher in that course. Arrangements registration instructions.
must be completed during the summer
session before the academic year in which At all campuses except Oxford, students
the reading project is to be undertaken. Each may, with the instructor's permission, audit
reading project culminates in a long essay, a another course in literature, in addition to
draft of which is submitted in early April the two courses taken for credit. Students
following the academic year of reading and regularly registered for a course may not
research. Students then work closely with a change their status to that of auditor
faculty member in revising and bringing this without permission of the director.
essay to completion over the course of the
Admission & Aid
Admission Re-enrollment
Admission Returning students should complete a
New students are admitted on a rolling basis re-enrollment form at the end of the
beginning on January 15; as long as space is summer session or early in the fall. They will
available, new applications will be accepted be notified of re-enrollment in December.
until May 15. Students whose work receives a grade below
B will be placed on academic probation.
M.A. Program, Continuing Graduate Students who receive a second grade below
Education, and Undergraduate Honors B may be denied re-enrollment.
Admission is based on college transcripts,
letters of recommendation, a statement of Returning students who have not attended
purpose, and a writing sample. Bread Loaf in the past ten years or more
will be asked to submit new application
M.Litt. Program materials.
Admission is limited to students holding
an M.A. in English with especially strong Financial Aid
academic records. Candidates (including Because of the generosity over the years of
Bread Loaf M.A.s) will be evaluated Bread Loaf graduates, faculty, and friends, the
primarily on the basis of their master’s School has steadily increased its financial aid
degree course work and a sample of their resources. No interested applicant with
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graduate-level writing. Applicants holding strong credentials should fail to apply
-published in the latter
a Bread Loaf M.A. are encouraged to because of need.
part of the 19th century, apply by December 1.
| discovered several pages Financial aid may be in the form of grants
that had never been As Bread Loaf is especially committed to (at all five campuses) and/or work-aid
increasing diversity in its community, minority (in Vermont and New Mexico). The aid is
opened. It was such a
applications are encouraged. awarded on the basis of financial need and
thrill asking the librarian
scholastic achievement.T o be considered for
to slit them open for me, Instructions for Application all types of aid offered through Middlebury
and to know I was the New applicants should fill out and return College, a student must first file a Bread
first person to read the application form and supporting Loaf Financial Aid Form with the
them.” materials, along with a $50 application fee. Middlebury Office of Financial Aid. (For
Application forms and detailed instructions more information and downloadable forms,
—Judy Walz
are available from the Bread Loaf office in visit the Office of Financial Aid’s Web site at
Oxford 2005
Vermont at the address listed inside the front www.middlebury.edu/admissions/finaid/
cover of this bulletin, or by completing the breadloaf/.) Requests for aid should be
online inquiry form on the Bread Loaf made when the application form is
Web site. submitted to the School; all pertinent forms
and information will be sent when they
First-time applicants who were accepted for become available. Since financial aid is
a previous summer, but who did not attend dispensed on a first-come, first-served basis, t
Bread Loaf, may reactivate their applications students are advised to return all completed
by submitting a new application form; they materials as soon as possible after they are
will be considered for admission with other received.
new applicants. They will not be required to
pay the application fee again, or to resubmit Bread Loaf staff work throughout the year
supporting application materials if they to raise funds for special fellowships.
reapply within two years (the Bread Loaf Information about any fellowships will be
office will keep all such applications on file posted on the Bread Loaf Web site if and
for two years only). when they become available.
Gargoyle and bird in Oxford.
Other Information “Teaching is a daunting task,
requiring much more than
simple dissemination of
information. Connections
between and among
educators are vital, and the
Fees Transcripts
Fees for summer 2006 are listed in the front One official transcript from the Bread Bread Loaf teacher network
inside cover of this catalogT.he tuition fee Loaf School of English will be issued by is an invaluable lifeline of
includes a fee for an accident insurance Middlebury College free of charge the first resources and thoughts.
policy with limited coverage. An additional time a student requests a transcript. A fee of
| tap into that lifeline almost
$1,860 is charged when students take a third $5 is charged for each additional transcript
on a daily basis.”
course for credit. and all subsequent transcripts; there is a
charge of$ 1 for each additional copy sent
Each accepted applicant who wishes to at the same time to the same address. —Sheri Skelton
register is required to pay a non-refundable Requests for transcripts must be made by Bread Loaf M.A. and
$300 enrollment deposit, which is applied the individual student in writing (not by Alaska teacher
to the student's total bill. An applicant 1 S e-mail or fax) to the Graduate Registrar,
officially enrolled in the Bread Loaf program Forest Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury,
only upon receipt of this deposit. Money VT 05753. No transcript will be issued to
should not be sent until payment is requested. students who are financially indebted to the
Rooms are assigned only to students enrolled College until satisfactory arrangements have
officially. In order to be fair to students been made with the Middlebury controller’s
waitlisted for on-campus housing, students office.
who intend to live off-campus must notify
the Bread Loaf office no later than May 1. Letters of Reference
Students who move off-campus after this Requests for letters of reference should be
date will incur a penalty fee of §300. made to the associate director of the School,
through the Bread Loaf office, not to former
Final bills are mailed about May 1 and are Bread Loaf faculty.
payable upon receipt. A late fee will be
charged for bills not paid by June 1, except Texts
for those students admitted after bills have Texts for each course are listed with the
been sent. Checks should be made payable course descriptions found in this bulletin,
to Middlebury College. Students living usually in the order in which they will be
outside the U.S. must have the checks made studied. Students going to Alaska, New
out in U.S. dollars. Mexico, North Carolina, and Oxford must
purchase their own copies of the texts to
Associate Director Emily Bartels on
Refunds be used; Bread Loaf does not maintain
faculty wait night (Director Maddox in
Students who withdraw for medical reasons bookstores at these campuses.A n onsite
distant background).
or serious emergencies forfeit the enroll- bookstore for the sale of required texts is
ment deposit but may receive refunds for maintained at the Vermont campus.
any additional amounts paid as follows:
It may occasionally be necessary to
e before the end of first week of classes: substitute other texts for those listed in the
60 percent of tuition and 60 percent courses described in this bulletinT.h e Bread
of board; Loaf office will make every effort to inform
e before the end of second week of classes: students of any changes before the start of
20 percent of tuition plus 20 percent of the session. Students are urged to complete
board; as much reading as possible before arrival
e no refunds after the end of the second in order to permit more time during the
week of classes. session for collateral assignments and for
the preparation of papers.
Transportation
Students are expected to make their own
travel arrangementTsh.ey will receive
information early in the spring about A faculty/student conversation on the
traveling to the campus in which they are Inn porch (Director Maddox in distant
background).
enrolled.
Facilities & Activities
Library Facilities BreadNet and the Bread Loaf
The facilities of the Middlebury College Teacher Network
Library in Vermont, which include the One of the most exciting of Bread 1.03.5
Abernethy Collection of Americana and the innovations has been the development of
Robert Frost Room, are available to Bread BreadNet, an electronic network that links
Loaf studentsT.h e Davison Memorial the classrooms of Bread Loaf teachersT.h e
Library at Bread Loaf contains definitive primary goals of BreadNet are to perpetuate
editions, reference books, and reserve shelves the Bread Loaf community throughout the
for special course assignments. year and to encourage collaboration among
all Bread Loaf teachers, faculty, and their
。 In Alaska, students have use of the library classroomsA.l l Bread Loaf students, faculty,
of the University of Alaska Southeast. staff, and graduates are invited to join;
there is no fee.
* In New Mexico, students have use of the
library of St. John’s College, supplemented Lecture Program and Other Activities
by books from the University of New The lecture programs at all five Bread Loaf
Mexico. campuses introduce students to scholars and
writers whose lectures broaden the outlook
Julia Alvarez 。 In North Carolina, students have use of and enrich the content of the regular academic
Nancie Atwell the R. Hiden Ramsey Library and its program. Among the special lecturers at
C.L. Barber resources. Bread Loaf have been distinguished poets,
novelists, critics, and teachers such as Julia
Saul Bellow
e At Oxford, students have use of both the Alvarez, Nancie Atwell, C.L. Barber, Saul
John Berryman
Lincoln College Library and the Bellow, John Berryman, R.P. Blackmur, Willa
R.P. Blackmur Bodleian Library of Oxford, one of the Cather, Sandra Cisneros, Richard Ellmann,
Willa Cather greatest libraries in the world. Robert Frost, Northrop Frye, Hamlin
Sandra Cisneros Garland, Stephen Greenblatt, Seamus
Medical Facilities Heaney, Shirley Jackson, Tony Kushner,
Richard Ellmann
At Bread Loaf/Vermont a nurse is in atten- Sinclair Lewis, Archibald MacLeish, Scott
Robert Frost
dance on weekdays, and the College medical Momaday, Howard Nemerov, Dorothy
Northrop Frye
director is available for consultationT.h e Parker, Christopher Ricks, Carl Sandburg,
Hamlin Garland well-equipped Porter Medical Center in Allen Tate, Helen Vendler, Richard Wilbur,
Stephen Greenblatt Middlebury is within easy reach. and William Carlos Williams.
Seamus Heaney
At the other four sites, students with medical Experienced teacher-researchers also visit
Shirley Jackson
needs will be referred to local doctors. Bread Loaf to offer workshops on practice-
Tony Kushner
oriented research in the classroom.
Sinclair Lewis
Computer Facilities
Archibald MacLeish At Bread Loaf/Vermont a student computer At most campuses, students have the
Scott Momaday center is equipped with both Macintosh opportunity to see classic or modern films.
Howard Nemerov computers and PCs; instruction in the use of At all campuses they are invited to join the
computers and of various forms of software Bread Loaf Madrigalists or other singing
Dorothy Parker
is provided when needed. Computer groups. Students at all campuses give
Christopher Ricks
facilities are also available at the other four readings from their own writings.
Carl Sandburg
campuses. Bread Loaf encourages students to
Allen Tate bring their own computers for their personal
Helen Vendler use. There are wireless capabilities on both
Richard Wilbur the Vermont and Alaska campuses. There are
direct Internet connections in student rooms
William Carlos Williams
in New Mexico, North Carolina, and
Oxford.