plain china

Safiya Sinclair '10

Senior Poetry Editor

Safiya Sinclair is concentrating in literature at Bennington, where she has twice received the Rosalie Gittings Drexel '47 Scholarship for outstanding achievement in poetry. She has previously published work in the Caribbean publications The Jamaica Observer Literary Arts Magazine, Bearing Witness 2003: A Collection of the Year's Best Fiction and Poetry, and the international anthology, Kunapipi: A Journal of Post-Colonial Literature. She is currently working on her senior thesis, Sehnsucht, St. James, a collection of poetry and prose.

Carey Powers '12

Carey Powers studies literature and piano. In 2008, she received the Poetry Society of America's Louise Louis / Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award. She enjoys a lot of things, mostly having to do with books.

Mary Terrier '10

Mary Terrier, from Austin, Texas, studies literature.

Hannah Colbert '12

Hannah Colbert chiefly studies literature and Spanish, and loves most things relating to writing and languages. She is from a small Connecticut town in the woods. This is her second semester with the plain china poetry committee.

Tori Arend '10

Tori Arend is a student of language and literature from Massachusetts.

Michael Nordine '10

Senior Fiction Editor

Michael Nordine studies literature and philosophy. His fiction and essays have appeared in Silo, plain china, Nutmeg Unit, and One Leaf, and his as-yet untitled collection of short stories will be completed in the spring. He lives in Southern California.

Ariana Ervin '11

Ariana Eve Cosner Ervin studies politics, drama, and journalism. She loves to eat and wants a baby.

Lisa Hanson '10

Lisa Hanson is a literature student from Los Angeles.

Nicole Gounalis '11

Nicole Gounalis is studying literature and foreign languages, with a focus in literary translation. Future plans include knocking it out of the park.

Crystal Barrick '11

Senior Nonfiction Editor

Crystal Barrick studies literature and education. She has published poetry in Bennington's Interrobang, plain china, and Silo magazines. She is from New England.

Marisa Prefer '10

Marisa Prefer studies art, among other things. She is editor of Silo, Bennington's literary arts magazine.

Sara Judy '11

Sara Judy is a literature student with aspirations to become a baker.

Marisa Prefer '10

Senior Art Director

Marisa Prefer studies art, among other things. She is editor of Silo, Bennington's literary arts magazine.

Wyatt Kirby '10

Web Design and Maintenance

Wyatt Kirby is not afraid of the way things are going: he studies literature, loves the Internet, and believes that the future of the written word is online. He will probably graduate from college.

Rebecca Godwin

Faculty Editor

Rebecca T. Godwin writes fiction, teaches literature, and serves as faculty editor for plain china. Visit her website: www.rebeccatgodwin.com.