Tag Archives: poetry
Poet Franz Wright
A reading and Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright will be held on Mar. 20 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. His most recent collection of poetry is F: Poems. His other works include Kindertotenwald, Wheeling Motel, The Beforelife, God’s … Continue reading
Poetry Days: Tracy K. Smith
In honor of Poetry Days, Boston College will host an appearance by poet Tracy K. Smith on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Smith’s most recent collection of poetry, Life on Mars, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and … Continue reading
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Dante’s Divine Comedy
In 2000, the Italian section of Boston College Romance Languages and Literatures Department launched the ambitious “Lectura Dantis” series: public readings of Dante’s epic poem, Divine Comedy. Considered one of the world’s great works of literature, the 14th-century narrative poem … Continue reading
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The Late Parade
Boston College alumnus Adam Fitzgerald’s new collection of poetry titled The Late Parade (W.W. Norton/Liveright, 2013) was the recipient of a rave review in the New York Times. “Fitzgerald’s voice is a new and welcome sound in the aviary of … Continue reading
Arts Festival to honor Polito
Poet, essayist and biographer Robert Polito will be presented with the 2013 Alumni Award for Artistic Achievement on Apr. 26 at Boston College’s annual Arts Festival. Polito is being honored by the University’s Arts Council for his distinguished career in … Continue reading
Poetry fest
Students representing 26 colleges and universities, including Boston College junior Helen Spica, will share their original poetry at the annual Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival on April 11 in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Function Room. Irish poet Peter Fallon will … Continue reading
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New book: Bearing witness to the Shoah
In his new book, I SAW IT: Ilya Selvinsky and the Legacy of Bearing Witness to the Shoah, Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer explores how Jewish-Russian poets became the earliest literary witnesses to … Continue reading
Poet Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon, whose poetry has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize, will give a reading on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 001. Among his books of poetry are New Weather, Mules, Why Brownlee Left, Quoof, Meeting The … Continue reading
A poet’s Magnum Opus
Epitaphs for the Journey, a new collection by award-winning poet and University Professor of English Paul Mariani, offers the best of his long and distinguished career: it brings together new poetry, revisits his extensive body of work which spans four … Continue reading
‘Rock star’ poet Billy Collins
Called “the most popular poet in America” by the New York Times, Billy Collins has published eight collections of poetry, including his most recent, Horoscopes for the Dead. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and … Continue reading
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