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October 2016

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Rita Dove reads with BU alum Duy Doan

October 6, 2016 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
Free

The Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate Rita Dove as she reads from her work, joined by BU alum Duy Doan and Robert Pinsky. This reading will be followed by a book signing and a dessert reception. Rita Dove is the author of numerous books, most recently Collected Poems 1974-2004 (W.W. Norton, 2016) and Sonata Mulattica (2009). In 2011 she published The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry. Recipient of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, she served…

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November 2017

“Thanks To Shakespeare” with CHRISTOPHER RICKS

November 9, 2017 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Acclaimed literary critic and scholar CHRISTOPHER RICKS, WILLIAM M. and SARA B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University, presents the second in a new series of talks on Shakespeare. Join him as he considers how Boston University poets, past and present, further Shakespeare's art. Featuring poems by David Ferry, Louise Glueck, Geoffrey Hill, George Kalogeris, Alberto de Lacerda, Robert Lowell, Jill McDonough, Elise Partridge, Robert Pinsky, Anne Sexton, Derek Walcott, and Rosanna Warren.

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December 2017

Acclaimed Author JEFFERSON MORLEY on “The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton”

December 4, 2017 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Boston University hosts JEFFERSON MORLEY, author of The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton.  JEFFERSON MORLEY is a journalist and editor who has worked in Washington journalism for over thirty years, fifteen of which were spent as an editor and reporter at The Washington Post. The author of Our Man in Mexico, a biography of the CIA's Mexico City station chief Winston Scott, Morley has written about intelligence, military, and political subjects for Salon, The Atlantic, and…

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April 2018

Prize-Winning Poet Jane Hirshfield: Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series

April 17, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Prize-Winning Poet Jane Hirshfield Reads with BU Alum Natasha Hakimi, introduced by Robert Pinsky. Reading followed by book signing and reception. The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series.

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October 2018

Award Winning Poet MARILYN CHIN with TARA SKURTU at Boston University

October 25, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Award-winning poet MARILYN CHIN will read at Boston University as part of the Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series. She will also be launching her new book PORTRAIT OF THE SELF AS NATION. BU Creative Writing MFA alumna TARA SKURTU will also read. The event will be introduced by Robert Pinsky and hosted by the Robert Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. Free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.

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March 2019

Prize-Winning Poet Mark Halliday: Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series

March 6, 2019 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Prize-winning poet Mark Halliday will read at Boston University with BU alumna Heather Green for the spring installment of the Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series. Introduced by Robert Pinsky. This event is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow. Mark Halliday is a Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio University.  His books of poems are:  Little Star (William Morrow, 1987), Tasker Street (University of Massachusetts, 1992), Selfwolf (University of Chicago, 1999), Jab (University of Chicago, 2002),…

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April 2019

Mark Halliday: The Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series

April 11, 2019 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Boston University, Mugar Library First Floor, Richards-Roosevelt Room, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 United States
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Prize-winning poet Mark Halliday will read at Boston University with BU alumna Heather Green for the spring installment of the Robert Lowell Memorial Reading Series. Introduced by Robert Pinsky. This event is free and open to the public, with a reception and book signing to follow. Mark Halliday is a Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio University.  His books of poems are:  Little Star (William Morrow, 1987), Tasker Street (University of Massachusetts, 1992), Selfwolf (University of Chicago, 1999), Jab (University of Chicago, 2002), Keep This Forever (Tupelo Press, 2008), Thresherphobe (University of…

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