{"id":1779,"date":"2013-10-21T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/?page_id=1779"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:38:02","slug":"robert-lowell-memorial-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/calendar\/robert-lowell-memorial-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series [2005-2025]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Spirit of Room 222<\/em><\/h3>\n

In the late 1950s, Robert Lowell led a workshop whose students included three younger writers: George Starbuck, Anne Sexton, and Sylvia Plath. This legendary group gathered in the same small, corner classroom where our creative writing workshops continue to meet. The Robert Lowell Memorial Lectures celebrated this legacy, and the thriving community of writers, teachers and students at Boston University, by bringing a distinguished poet to campus each semester to read alongside a recent graduate of Boston University’s Creative Writing Program.<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Favorite Poem Project, the Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series was made possible due to the generous support of Fred Levin and his late wife Nancy Livingston<\/a> (COM \u201969). The Spring 2025 Lowell Lecture was the final event in the series.<\/p>\n

Past Guests<\/h3>
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Spring 2025: Erin Belieu, Maggie Dietz, and Carl Phillips<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fall 2024: Monica Youn and Sara Daniele Rivera<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Blue Flower Arts)<\/p>\n

Spring 2024: Phil Schultz and Milica Mijatovi\u0107<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Blue Flower Arts)<\/p>\n

Fall 2023: Major Jackson and Annette Frost<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Blue Flower Arts)<\/p>\n

Spring 2023: John Murillo and Annaka Saari<\/p>\n

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Fall 2022: A.E. Stallings and Togara Muzanenhamo<\/p>\n

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Spring 2022: Tracy K. Smith and Kirun Kapur<\/p>\n

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Fall 2021: Gail Mazur and Aaron Caycedo-Kimura<\/p>\n

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Spring 2021: Peter Balakian and Susan Barba (Photo by Mark DiOrio)<\/p>\n

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Fall 2020: Natasha Trethewey and Megan Fernandes<\/p>\n

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Spring 2020: Naomi Shihab Nye and Katherine Hollander<\/p>\n

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Spring 2019: Mark Halliday and Heather Green<\/p>\n

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Fall 2018: Marilyn Chin and Tara Skurtu<\/p>\n

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Spring 2018: Jane Hirshfield and Natasha Hakimi<\/p>\n

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Fall 2017: Mark Doty and Tomas Unger<\/p>\n

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Spring 2017: Tom Sleigh and Laura Marris<\/p>\n

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Fall 2016: Rita Dove and Duy Doan<\/p>\n

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Spring 2016: Tribute to C.D. Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Fall 2015: Yusef Komunyakaa and Vanesha Pravin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Spring 2015: Robert Hass\u00a0and Meg Tyler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Fall 2014: Sharon Olds and Renee Emerson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Spring 2014: Paul Muldoon and Bekah Stout<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Fall 2013: John Ashbery and Sophie Grimes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Spring 2013: Terrance Hayes and Ani Gjika<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Fall 2012: C.K. Williams and Eleanor Goodman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Spring 2012: Jorie Graham and Patrick Ryan Frank<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Fall 2011: Henri Cole and Sara Peters<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Spring 2011: Kay Ryan and Katherine Hollander<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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