Category Archives: Lowell Humanities Series
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, the first black woman to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism and the first black American to win for individual reporting, is the author of The Warmth of Other Suns, an epic account of the Great Migration. … Continue reading
Hogan at Arts Festival
Author and alumnus Chuck Hogan will return to campus this week to take part in the University’s annual Arts Festival, where he will be honored for his artistic achievement. Hogan is the author of several books, including Prince of Thieves, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni Authors, Awards/Honors, Lowell Humanities Series
Tagged Arts Festival, The Town
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Soldier-poet
Brian Turner is a soldier-poet whose debut book of poems, Here, Bullet, won the Beatrice Hawley Award, the Pen Center USA “Best in the West” award, the Poets Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. He will … Continue reading
Novelist Chang-rae Lee
Novelist Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, will speak on Mar. 22 at 7 p.m. in Murray Function Room. His novels have won numerous awards and citations, including the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the … Continue reading
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Holocaust history and survivor testimonies
Cultural critic and historian Christopher R. Browning, author of Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution of Poland, has served as an expert witness in two “Holocaust denial” cases: the second Zündel trial in Toronto in 1988 … Continue reading
Breaking News: Skloot event postponed
Rebecca Skloot’s reading scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8 has been postponed. According to a Winston Center email: A medical emergency has forced Rebecca Skloot to postpone several events this week, including her visit to Boston College. Ms. Skloot says she … Continue reading
Talk by best-selling author Rebecca Skloot
Rebecca Skloot, author of the best-selling book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will talk and sign copies of her book on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Yawkey Center. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is about the … Continue reading
Today’s event postponed
Breaking News: This event has been postponed due to weather-related travel problems. Award-winning writer Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, will talk about his upcoming book on immigrants in contemporary New York on Dec. 1 at … Continue reading
Writer-in-Residence Gish Jen
Acclaimed novelist Gish Jen, author of the new book World and Town, will be a writer-in-residence at BC next week, making three public appearances. She will read from World and Town on Nov. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Yawkey … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Asian American, English Dept., ethnicity, Lowell Humanities Series
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The extraordinary rise of living alone
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg, author of Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media and Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, will speak on campus on Oct. 26 in the Murray Function Room at 7 p.m. about … Continue reading
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