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Literature

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Things-to-do

This Weekend @ BU November 13 to 16

November 12, 2025

Arts & Culture

Think Mushrooms Are a Pizza Garnish? You Haven’t Read Spores of Doom

October 29, 2025

Digital Humanities

The World’s First Novel Has Romance, Tragedy, Adventure. Now, After 1,000 Years, The Tale of Genji’s Poems Have Joined the Digital Age

July 15, 2025

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Books

With Summer Officially Here, 10 Great Beach Reads

July 1, 2025

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Obituaries

Remembering Leslie Epstein, Pillar of BU’s Creative Writing Program

May 22, 2025

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Books

Reading List: A New Historical Novel, Set in the Galapagos, by Alum Midge Raymond

March 25, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism

March 4, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU

February 20, 2025

Professorship Awards

Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers

September 26, 2024

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Books

Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips Delivers Ha Jin Lecture Tuesday

September 20, 2024

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Books

A Guide to This Summer’s Beach Reads

July 2, 2024

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Books

Dive into LGBTQ+ Pride Month with These 12 Books

June 6, 2024

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Books

Book Recommendations in Honor of World Book Day

April 22, 2024

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Feedback

Feedback: Readers Weigh In on BU’s New President, COM’s New Expert on Misinformation, and What’s Really Dividing the Nation

March 22, 2024

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Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-Winning Poet Philip Schultz to Deliver Spring 2024 Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture March 7

March 5, 2024

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

This Year, Black History Month Celebrates African Americans and the Arts

January 31, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

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Education

How Dickens and Other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—with Lasting Impacts

December 5, 2023

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Arts & Culture

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with These Books, Films, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Albums

November 17, 2023

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Books

When an Unknown Coach Named Rick Pitino Helped Lift BU Men’s Basketball to New Heights

November 16, 2023

When an Unknown Coach Named Rick Pitino Helped Lift BU Men’s Basketball to New Heights