Andrea Barnet

Andrea Barnet

Andrea Barnet (DG 2010, 2013), part of the CRF Advisory Council, was a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review for twenty-five years, where she wrote primarily on the arts and culture. She is the author of All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich...
Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah

Excerpt from A Time of Bleeding Stars, a short story Suddenly, the breeze stopped. The stars dimmed and the sky began inviting dark clouds that quickly covered the moon. Hesitancy could be heard in the drummers’ drumming and adults began murmuring amongst themselves....
Josh Goldfaden

Josh Goldfaden

(1972- 2015) I came to Civitella with 200 pages of the 1st draft of my novel. My optimistic goal was to finish this draft by the end of the 6 weeks, however, 3 weeks into the residency I had reached that goal. The last 3 weeks proved similarly productive. And though I...