A Tribute to Melissa Green

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Acclaimed poet Melissa Green (GRS'82) reads from her first collection of poems in 20 years. Green, [...]who has struggled with mental and physical illness, is joined by Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate and a professor of creative writing at BU, Robert Pinsky, former three-time U.S. poet laureate and a BU professor of English, as well as Rosanna Warren, BU's Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor of the Humanities. In all, fifteen renowned poets read new work in Green's honor.

Hosted by University Professors Program and the Humanities Foundation at Boston University on December 5, 2007.

Tags: poetry, robert pinsky, university professors, Humanities Foundation, rosanna warren, melissa green, derek walcott

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