The Sawyer Library Speaker Series Presents a Book Talk by Lorenzo Petruzziello (Suffolk BSc 1996, GMBA 2006). Aspiring writers or anyone interested in Italy, come hear Lorenzo talk about his background, and how he came to write THE LOVE FOOL while living in Rome. Location: Mildred F. Sawyer Library – Poetry Center – 3rd Floor Details: https://www.suffolk.edu/sawlib/56550.php THE LOVE FOOL website: http://thelovefool.com/ “An enjoyable tale of loss, lust, and love with a dollop of gravlax.” — Kirkus Reviews THE LOVE FOOL…
Find out more »Please join the Suffolk University English Department for a reading featuring Peter Fallon and David Ferry on Tuesday, November 27th, at 7:00pm in The Poetry Center (Mildred Sawyer Library, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA). Peter Fallon will read from his new translations of Hesiod’s Greek epic poem, Deeds and their Days, and David Ferry will read from his recent translations of the Roman epic, Virgil’s Aeneid. A discussion on translation will follow the reading. Please see attached flyer for details.
Find out more »Martha Collins has published nine collections of poetry and is the founder of the Creative Writing Program at UMass Boston, and Crystal Williams has published four collections of poetry – the third collection, Troubled Tongues, was awarded the 2009 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize.
Find out more »This talk showcases how women over time have used writing as a form of activism and political engagement. Beginning with 17th century poet Anne Bradstreet and touching upon diarist Abigail Adams, among others in the early 19th century, the talk focuses primarily on women writing during the period between the Civil War and WWI — for example, Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Jacobs, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman — the crucial years leading up to women getting the right to vote in…
Find out more »Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.