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Literature

Black and white print illustration of Dante bowing before the angel pilot from the Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870. A figure next to Dante comforts him as a boat with an angel approaches.

Books

What Happens Next? Four Literary Classics for a Post–COVID-19 World

June 5, 2020

Weekender

The Weekender: May 7 to 10

May 7, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

Paperback books stacked on top of each other..

Books

BU Libraries’ Most Popular Books (“Popular” Being Relative)

February 24, 2020

A selection of book covers

Books

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye

February 18, 2020

A photo of the cover of Sheila's Cordner's book "Who’s Hiding in This Book?"

Literature

CGS Lecturer’s New Picture Book Introduces Young Readers to Literary Classics

January 29, 2020

Fallou Ngom sits in the home of an Ajami manuscript owner in Belfort, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Anthropology

Digitizing Ajami, a Centuries-Old African Script

January 23, 2020

A photo of a woman on a bed reading a book surrounded by other open books.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What Makes for a Satisfying Ending?

January 16, 2020

A portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen who will be delivering the 2019 Ha Jin Lecture

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen to Give Ha Jin Lecture Tonight

November 19, 2019

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye smiles for a photo while standing on a bridge

Arts & Culture

“Wandering Poet” Naomi Shihab Nye Headlines Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

November 5, 2019

Author Stewart O’Nan in his home

Arts & Culture

A Family Patriarch Finally Gets His Due

August 1, 2019

a crowd watches the Last year Commonwealth Shakespeare Company perform onstage

Theatre

To Do Today: Shakespeare Live on the Common

July 17, 2019

Alumni

Author Elizabeth McCracken Hates Elves, Loves Fortune Cookies

July 9, 2019

A still of Bela Lugosi playing Dracula in the 1931 film

Literature

This Class Bites

May 7, 2019

Portrait of Mark Halliday

Literature

Poet Mark Halliday Headlines Lowell Poetry Reading Thursday

April 10, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo at a beach

Literature

Leading Men Reimagines Love Affair between Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo

March 21, 2019

Arts & Culture

Book Reviews

February 19, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Literature

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 2019

3 portraits who are experts on attraction

University News

Why We’re Attracted to the People We’re Attracted To

February 7, 2019

Why We’re Attracted to the People We’re Attracted To