{"id":231,"date":"2009-07-29T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:20:38","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/people\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BU Faculty Reading 4.11.18\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFIB14RiMcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic post-3405 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a 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