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Kinship

Kinship, a new poetry collection from Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, weaves together some of the principal themes in modern Jewish history, exploring such topics as ancestry in Eastern Europe, the Shoah, antisemitism, … Continue reading

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Poet Solmaz Sharif

Solmaz Sharif, author of the poetry collection Customs, will give a public reading as part of a two-day residency at Boston College. Her reading will take place on April 25 in Devlin 101 beginning at 5 p.m. Look, an earlier … Continue reading

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Poet Paul Muldoon

Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon will give a poetry reading on March 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. An acclaimed poet, Muldoon was born in Portadown, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, and is the author of numerous … Continue reading

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Joy Harjo: Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature

Award-winning poet, musician, and performer Joy Harjo will present “Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature” at Boston College on February 21 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Harjo was the first Native … Continue reading

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New poetry from Pluto

How Many Miles to Babylon? (Lily Poetry Review, 2023) is a new poetry collection from Anne Elezabeth Pluto, a faculty member in the Woods College of Advancing Studies. Pluto ponders sorrow, grief, and endurance in what is described as “an … Continue reading

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Political Heaney

Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole, an award-winning journalist, author, and leading public intellectual, will present “Political Heaney” at Boston College on November 16 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. O’Toole was recently appointed official biographer of the late … Continue reading

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Ryan Stovall on how to talk to veterans

Former U.S. Army Green Beret Ryan Stovall will read from his first book, Black Snowflakes Smothering A Torch, at an October 4 event sponsored by BC’s Veteran Programs and Services. Stovall’s collection of poetry explores his service and return to … Continue reading

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Poems from Eric Weiskott

Professor of English Eric Weiskott, a scholar of poetry and poetics, has a new poetry chapbook, Chanties: An American Dream (Bottlecap Press, 2023). From the publisher: “His work is a shipboard reverie about the American boat we’re all in. Prose … Continue reading

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Honors and a new publication for Lynne Viti

​Boston College graduate Lynne Viti, who is the poet laureate for Westwood, Massachusetts, was honored last month with the Westbeth Artists Housing’s 2023 Miriam Chaikin Writing Award in Poetry. She also was awarded Third Prize for her poem “Westwood Lodge, … Continue reading

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Poetry collections from BC Law student

Billie Bioku, who will graduate this month from Boston College Law School, has published two books of poetry. We Ponder: Unsettled Minds (Archway Publishing, 2023), Bioku’s debut poetry collection, is a reflection of classic poetry with abstract concepts that touches … Continue reading

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