(3) videos
Poetry on the page, says Robert Pinsky, is like a musical score; it’s meant to be heard. And so the BU professor of English, former U.S. poet laureate and author of six acclaimed books of poetry, is bringing his verse to life in a series of [...]soulful readings to musical accompaniment. Watch him perform in New York City with the BU Jazz Combo.
Read the story on BU Today:
/today/node/10896
More info
Ha Jin (GRS'94), a two-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English and creative writing, reads from A Good Fall, a collection of short stories focusing on the diverse neighborhood of Flushing, home to [...]one of New York City's largest Chinese immigrant communities.
Hosted by Barnes and Noble at Boston University on December 1, 2009.
More info
David Ferry, an award-winning poet and lecturer in the College of Arts & Sciences Creative Writing department, reads a selection of his favorite poetry at the 2009-2010 Poetry Reading Series. In his selections, Ferry touches on love, human nature, [...]and death.
Hosted by College of General Studies and the Humanities Foundation at Boston University on October 29, 2009.
More info