Middlebury

Bread Loaf is a mountain, and a school, and a conference, and a legend.

School of English

Each summer since 1920, the Bread Loaf School of English has offered a rich array of graduate courses in literature, the teaching of writing, creative writing, and theater arts to students from across the United States and the world.

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Writers’ Conference

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference is the oldest writers' conference in America, convening yearly in mid-August at the Bread Loaf Mountain campus of Middlebury College.

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History & Culture

It started with the gift of a mountain. Middlebury’s rich relationship with the lorem ipsum of graduate courses in literature, the teaching of writing, and creative writing to students from across the United States.

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