The Bread Loaf School of English

Welcome to Bread Loaf

Student discussion on the green

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 throughout the world.

Alumni Profile

Jason Happ

Jason Haap
Cincinnati, Ohio

Jason attended Bread Loaf in Vermont, Alaska and Oxford, receiving his MA in 2003. Today he’s one of Cincinnati’s most outspoken media activists.

Bread Loaf's History

An early class

The School of English’s tradition of excellence dates to its 1920 founding by Robert Frost.

A Worldwide Community

Bread Loaf alumni maintain the bonds they’ve formed during the summer by keeping in touch year-round— using BreadNet, our computer network.