Boston University

Literature

The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading, Pulitzer-winning poet C. K. Williams, Eleanor Goodman, poetry reading, The Castle

Arts & Culture

Lowell Poetry Series Presents “Fellini of the Written Word”

December 6, 2012

Tom Lyons, New England Mobile Book Fair

Books

Crazy? The Man Bought a Bookstore

November 8, 2012

Three Encounters with Elie Wiesel The Fascination with Jewish Tales annual lecture series, Boston University Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Holocaust survivor, author

Religion

Annual Elie Wiesel Lecture Series Begins Tonight

October 15, 2012

Hanna Rosin author of The End of Men And the Rise of Women book, dominant human gender

Books

The End of Men: True or False?

October 12, 2012

Running Ransom Road Confronting the Past One Marathon at a Time book by author Caleb Daniloff, running, jogging, marathons, alcoholism

Books

Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a Time

October 9, 2012

Boston University BU psychology professor Donna Pincus, Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety, childhood anxiety stress and stress

Psychology

When the World Is Scarier Than It Should Be

October 3, 2012

Sylvia Nasar's new book details how economists developed anti-poverty strategies.

Books

Sylvia Nasar’s Grand Pursuit

September 25, 2012

The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth Goldsmith, College of Arts & Sciences CAS professor

Books

17th-Century Sisters the Kardashians Might Admire

August 27, 2012

Sin the early history of an idea by Paula Fredriksen, Christian views on original sin

Books

Evolving Ideas of Sin

August 6, 2012

Ben Mezrich author sex on the moon the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history accidental billionaires book

Arts & Culture

Sex on the Moon

July 16, 2012

Stephen Prothero author of The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation book

Literature

In Arguing We Trust

June 28, 2012

Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History exhibit at Boston Public Library

Arts & Culture

Discover the Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History

June 13, 2012

Jay Atkinson author, Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man: Guts, Glory and Blood in the World’s Greatest Game, Ice Time, Legends of Winter Hill book

Faculty

Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man

June 1, 2012

Author Justin Halpern, I Suck at Girls book, Shit Sh*t My Dad Says

Literature

Sht My Dad Says* Author Reads Tonight

May 29, 2012

Boston University Mugar Library books stacks, digital library, digital books

Books

Mugar on a Microchip?

May 4, 2012

Boston University College of General Studies Breaks with Tradition literature class, student volunteer community service tutoring

Volunteer

Great Books, Good Works

April 27, 2012

author and journalist Pete Hamill

Culture

Journalist Pete Hamill to Speak at BU

April 18, 2012

Boston University Lowell Lecture, Jorie Graham, Patrick Ryan Frank

Arts & Culture

A Touch of the Poet(s) Tonight

April 4, 2012

Boston University Creative Writing Program annual Faculty Reading

Literature

BU Literary Lions Take the Stage Tonight

February 22, 2012

James Johnson, Boston University, Venetian Masks

Faculty

Unmasking the Past

February 21, 2012

Unmasking the Past