Discipline: Literature – fiction

Jennifer Offill

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Red Hook, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016

During her stay, Jenny Offill worked towards completing her third novel, Weather. Her second novel, Dept. of Speculation, was chosen as one of ten best books of year by The New York Times in 2014.

Studios

Phi Beta

Jennifer Offill worked in the Phi Beta studio.

Funded by the Phi Beta Fraternity, a national professional fraternity of music and speech founded in 1912, Phi Beta Studio was built between 1929–1931 of granite quarried on the MacDowell grounds. The small studio is a simple in design, but displays a pleasing combination of materials with its granite walls and colorful slate roofing. Inside is…

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