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A photo of the Dr. Seuss books "If I Ran a Zoo," "And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street," "On Beyond Zebra," and "McElligot's Pool"

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why Halting Publication of Six Dr. Seuss Books Is the Right Call

March 11, 2021

Black and white still from the film “Casablanca.” In the culminating scene, Jean del Val, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman are seen. The men wear trench coats and hats, and the officers wear uniforms.

Books

Leslie Epstein’s “Novel of War and Celluloid”

March 1, 2021

Portrait of Ibram X. Kendi standing in front of a lavendar background

Books

Ibram Kendi Recruited 90 Writers to Tell a 400-year History of Black America, and now “Four Hundred Souls” is a Bestseller

February 25, 2021

Black History Month

Nine Movies, Podcasts, and Books to Check Out for Black History Month and Beyond

February 23, 2021

Arts & Culture

Two Poets, Drawn by History, Headline Thursday’s Lowell Poetry Reading

February 18, 2021

Composite image. On the left, the book cover for ‘Diners, Dudes and Diets’ by Emily Contois. An illustration of a hamburger fills out the cover, buns sandwich the title text. On the right is a portrait of Emily Contois, a young woman with her hair pulled back and a ruffled blouse smiles welcomingly. The images are place on a wooden grain background.

Books

Diet Yogurt and Guy Fieri: How Food Media Constructed “Dude” Masculinity

February 18, 2021

Photo collage of various romance book covers, many of which are pink, purple, or teal. Some books include: “A Princess Theory” by Alyssa Cole, “Let’s Talk About Love” by Claire Kann, “Well Met,” “Spoiler Alert” by Olivia Dade” and others.

Books

Ten Romance Books to Fall in Love with This Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2021

An illustration of a 19th century slaughterhouse in Chicago

Books

In Animal City, CAS Historian Traces the History of Livestock in US Cities

February 9, 2021

Composite image of the book covers of the following works (right to left): Here to Stay, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Such a Fun Age, Felix, The City We Became, Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, and partially visible covers for The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle and My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Books

Ten Books to Read during Black History Month

February 3, 2021

Photo of Macken Murphy (CAS’20) sitting on a rock outside and staring of into the middle distance. He wears a black headband, black button down, and has a tattoo of an anchor on his left arm.

Environment & Ecology

CAS Alum Creates a Different Species of Podcast

January 13, 2021

Composite image: left, Black and white portrait of Sigrid Nunez with her hand on her face. Right, Book cover for Sigrid Nunez's work "what are you going through" The cover is teal and pictures a cat sitting on the arm of a couch.

Books

National Book Award Winner Sigrid Nunez Explores Life, Death, and Empathy in New Novel

November 13, 2020

A photo of Ashley Mears next to her book "Very Important People: Status and Beauty on the Global Party Circuit"

Books

New Book by BU Sociologist Ashley Mears Explores the Conspicuous Leisure of the Wealthy and Famous, Mostly Men

October 27, 2020

A black and white photo of author Isaac Asimov with 80 books at a Mugar Library event comemmorating the publishing of his 80th book in 1967. The table in front of him is piled high with books; he flips through one, wearing dark thick-rimmed glasses and a suit.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why Isaac Asimov’s Novels Still Speak to Us Today, 100 Years after His Birth

October 19, 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 Paula Austin standing outside a house

Books

A History of Racial Discrimination and the Fight for Change

October 12, 2020

A photo of "House of Koi" by Lillian Li

Books

COM Student Pens YA Novel about Identity, Cultural Conflict, and Malaysian Culture

July 31, 2020

Photo of a group of Chelsea, Mass. residents lined up, many in sweatshirts or jackets, to pick up food at a food pantry. The photo shows a long line on the other side of the street, with a car and a "Resident Parking Only" Sign in the foreground. The photo is black and white.

Academics

MET Class Offers Lessons in the Power of Language to Remake the World

July 29, 2020

Composite image of book covers of the following books: Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid (1990), Aye, and Gomorrah, by Samuel R. Delany (1967), The Women, by Hilton Als (1996), Black No More, George S. Schuyler (1931), The Wine of Astonishment, by Earl Lovelace (1982, Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (1975)

Must-Reads by Black authors

For #BlackoutBestsellerList Movement, Six Must-Read Books

June 17, 2020

19th century engraving of Charles Dickens sitting in his study.

Books

Charles Dickens: A Novelist for Our Times

June 9, 2020

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

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