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Literature

Fallou Ngom sits in the home of an Ajami manuscript owner in Belfort, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Anthropology

Digitizing Ajami, a Centuries-Old African Script

January 23, 2020

A photo of a woman on a bed reading a book surrounded by other open books.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What Makes for a Satisfying Ending?

January 16, 2020

A portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen who will be delivering the 2019 Ha Jin Lecture

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen to Give Ha Jin Lecture Tonight

November 19, 2019

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

Author Stewart O’Nan in his home

Arts & Culture

A Family Patriarch Finally Gets His Due

August 1, 2019

a crowd watches the Last year Commonwealth Shakespeare Company perform onstage

Theatre

To Do Today: Shakespeare Live on the Common

July 17, 2019

Books

Author Elizabeth McCracken Hates Elves, Loves Fortune Cookies

July 9, 2019

A still of Bela Lugosi playing Dracula in the 1931 film

Film

This Class Bites

May 7, 2019

Portrait of Mark Halliday

Poetry

Poet Mark Halliday Headlines Lowell Poetry Reading Thursday

April 10, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo at a beach

Literature

Leading Men Reimagines Love Affair between Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo

March 21, 2019

Literature

Book Reviews

February 19, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Literature

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 2019

3 portraits who are experts on attraction

Relationships

Why We’re Attracted to the People We’re Attracted To

February 7, 2019

Raakhee Mirchandani holds her book Super Satya Saves the Day

Arts & Culture

A Fictional Superhero Inspired by a Real-Life Four-Year-Old

January 15, 2019

Chelsea Bray poses for a portrait with cotton milling machines in the historical Boott Cotton Mill in Lowell, MA said to be an inspiration for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

History

A Christmas Carol: Made in Massachusetts?

December 18, 2018

Video still from the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tv special showing Santa Claus talking to Rudolph with his blinking red nose.

Arts & Culture

POV: Rudolph the Sad, Bullied, Verbally Abused Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 7, 2018

Breaking Bad character Walter White sits in a recliner with his family wife Skylar and son Walt Jr. in the background.

University News

Breaking Bad Director Gives CAS Class the Inside Dope

November 30, 2018

CAS Lecturer + author Sigrid Nunez

Arts & Culture

Sigrid Nunez Up For Top Literature Honor

November 14, 2018

a portrait of Marilyn Chin

Literature

Marilyn Chin Headlines Tonight’s Robert Lowell Poetry Reading

October 25, 2018

Marilyn Chin Headlines Tonight’s Robert Lowell Poetry Reading