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Poetry

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

Religion

A Class That Explores the Gospel According to Tupac Shakur

February 27, 2019

Arts & Culture

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

October 9, 2018

Evan Jymaal Cutts performs at a poetry slam.

Poetry

Boston Poetry Slam Tonight at Cantab Lounge

May 30, 2018

Arts on Campus

Lyric Poets Headline Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

April 17, 2018

The Roman Colosseum at Dawn.

Poetry

The Allure of the Eternal City

March 14, 2018

Race

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky snacks on cheese

Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky: America’s Poet

January 16, 2018

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

Religion

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

Arts & Culture

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

Arts & Culture

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

March 20, 2017

Robert Pinsky speaks at the Alumni College of Arts and Society's FFP

Awards

Robert Pinsky Up For National Book Critics Circle Award

March 15, 2017

fall leaves

Music

Your Guide to a Fun Columbus Day Weekend

October 7, 2016

Rita Dove

Arts on Campus

Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading: Rita Dove

October 6, 2016

Mckendy Fils-Aime

Things-to-do

Nightlife: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam

April 27, 2016

C. D. Wright

Poetry

Lowell Poetry Reading to Pay Tribute to C. D. Wright

April 13, 2016

Elizabeth Alexander

Books

When Lightning Strikes, in Love and Loss

January 13, 2016

When Lightning Strikes, in Love and Loss