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Image of a studtent studying at the Mugar Library during the campus quarantine on March 2020. There is a green couch in the foreground, and colorful bookshelves on either side of the student.

Humanities

New BU Center for the Humanities Summer Program for Local High Schoolers Launches with $300K Grant

February 1, 2021

composite image of book covers from BU alumni in two rows of six on a white background. Starting at top, left, “60 Stories about 30 Seconds” by Bruce Van Dusen, “Asian Pickles at Home” by Patricia Tanumihardja, “The Cokettes” by Fayette Hauser, “Diners, Dudes & Diets” by Emily J.H. Contois, “A Place of Exodus” by David Biespiel, “The Gretchen Question” by Jessica Treadway, “How to think like an Officer” by Reed Bonadonna, “Hunting Whitey” by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, “Last Call” by Elon Green, “The King’s Beast” by Eliot Pattison, “The New Husband” by D.J. Palmer, and “Women in a Waiting Room” by Kirun Kapur.

Books

Reading List

November 20, 2020

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

US infantrymen make their way through the Hürtgen Forest on November 8, 1944.

Books

Alum’s Book Recounts Long Overdue Search for Lost World War II Soldiers

November 11, 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

Composite image: on the left, a portrait of Best-selling author and BU alum Sue Miller on a black background. She smiles slightly and wears a black and white stripped shirt. On the right, the book cover of "Monogamy, a novel by Sue Miller, New York Times Best-Selling Author." The cover is dark teal with orange leaves.

Literature

BU Alum Sue Miller’s Novel Monogamy Explores a Good Marriage

October 8, 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

A photo of homemade chocolate no-churn ice cream

Weekender

The Weekender: July 30 to August 2

July 30, 2020

A composite image of some of the books discussed in the article below including The Real Deal: My Decade Fighting Battles and Winning Wars with Trump, Black Flag, A Clean Heart, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces, Geode, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems, and Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

Arts & Culture

Reading List: Alumni Books That Caught Our Eye

July 7, 2020

A portrait photo of Lara Ehrlich

Books

Lara Ehrlich Finds Inspiration in Fairy Tales in Her Debut Collection, Animal Wife

July 7, 2020

Two illustrations of Billie Jean King standing on a platform raising a medal above her head. Next, is an illustration of Alvin Ailey in a white shirt and dark pants dancing with a dance squad behind them.

LGBTQ+ Literature

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

June 30, 2020

A photo of a father and son playing with wooden blocks together

Weekender

The Weekender: June 18 to 21

June 18, 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

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?"

Faculty

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

January 29, 2020

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