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Poetry

Poetry

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

Poetry

Lyric Poets Headline Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

April 17, 2018

The Roman Colosseum at Dawn.

Creative Writing

The Allure of the Eternal City

March 14, 2018

Arts & Culture

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky snacks on cheese

Poetry

Robert Pinsky: America’s Poet

January 16, 2018

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

Martin Luther King

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

Poetry

Favorite Poem Project to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

September 11, 2017

Creative Writing

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

University News

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

Poetry

Robert Pinsky Up For National Book Critics Circle Award

March 15, 2017

fall leaves

Things-to-do

Your Guide to a Fun Columbus Day Weekend

October 7, 2016

Rita Dove

Literature

Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading: Rita Dove

October 6, 2016

Mckendy Fils-Aime

Poetry

Nightlife: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam

April 27, 2016

C. D. Wright

Creative Writing

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

April 13, 2016

Elizabeth Alexander

Arts & Culture

When Lightning Strikes, in Love and Loss

January 13, 2016

Yusef Komunyakaa

University News

Lowell Poetry Reading Features Pulitzer Winner Tonight

October 15, 2015

Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass, a former US poet laureate, draws on his lifelong observation of nature in and around the Bay area. Photo by Shoey Sindel

Alumni

A Man for All Seasons

March 23, 2015

Boston University BU, Lowell Lecture reading, Pulitzer winner Sharon Olds, Renee Emerson, poetry

Poetry

Renowned “Poet of the Personal” to Read Tonight

November 20, 2014

Renowned “Poet of the Personal” to Read Tonight