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Poetry

A portrait photo of chef Jacques Pepin in black and white

Arts & Culture

Video: Celebrity Chef Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11) Shares His Favorite Poem

November 30, 2020

Composite image: on the left, a close-up portrait of poet Natasha Trethewey, her bangs sway to the right over her eyes, photo by Matt Valentine; on the right, the book cover for "Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir" by Natasha Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize Winner. On the cover, a sepia photo of Trethewey's mother holding her as a young baby.

Poetry

Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey to Lead Thursday’s Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

October 15, 2020

A photo of Nancy Livingston (COM’69) with her husband, Fred Levin, and Robert Pinsky, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English.

Alumni

Robert Pinsky Pays Tribute to Nancy Livingston

April 13, 2020

A portrait of Katherine Hollander (GRS’06,’15)

Poetry

Poetry and Time Travel: Alum Katherine Hollander’s Debut Poetry Collection

February 18, 2020

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

Portrait of Mark Halliday

Arts & Culture

Poet Mark Halliday Headlines Lowell Poetry Reading Thursday

April 10, 2019

Tupac Shakur

Classes

A Class That Explores the Gospel According to Tupac Shakur

February 27, 2019

fiction

Book Reviews

February 19, 2019

University News

The Favorite Poem Project Comes Home to BU—20 Years Later

October 9, 2018

Evan Jymaal Cutts performs at a poetry slam.

Arts & Culture

Boston Poetry Slam Tonight at Cantab Lounge

May 30, 2018

Literature

Lyric Poets Headline Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

April 17, 2018

The Roman Colosseum at Dawn.

Creative Writing

The Allure of the Eternal City

March 14, 2018

African Studies

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky snacks on cheese

Arts & Culture

Robert Pinsky: America’s Poet

January 16, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Marsh Chapel

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

Poets Mark Doty and Tomas Unger

Creative Writing

Poet Mark Doty Tonight’s Robert Lowell Poetry Reading Headliner

October 26, 2017

Ten Influential Poets throughout the centuries

Literature

Favorite Poem Project to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

September 11, 2017

Caitlyn Doyle at Robert Frost Farm

Poetry

Caitlin Doyle: Following in Robert Frost’s Footsteps

August 28, 2017

Creative Writing

Robert Lowell Poetry Reading: Prize-Winning Poet Tom Sleigh

April 13, 2017

Nobel Laureate poet Derek Walcott poses for a portrait at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre in 1993

Poetry

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott (Hon.’93) Dead at 87

March 20, 2017

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott (Hon.’93) Dead at 87