{"id":3082,"date":"2021-10-18T16:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/?page_id=3082"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:40:24","slug":"black-box-reading-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/calendar\/black-box-reading-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Box Reading Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Box Reading Series was created in 2011 to highlight the work of students and alumni associated with the Boston University Creative Writing Program; all readers in the program have graduated from or are currently enrolled in the Creative Writing Program, and all events in this series are organized, promoted, and hosted by current students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All readings take place on Wednesday evenings at 7PM in BU STH 625.<\/strong> Upcoming dates for the spring 2026 semester are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">March 4<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">April 1<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">May 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3716\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_8797-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, 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