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Readings by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz
The Favorite Poem Project, in cooperation with Boston University's School of Education, holds its seventh annual Poetry Institute for Educators at Boston University. Guest readers include poets Frank Bidart, Heather McHugh, Louise Glück, Robert [...]Pinsky, Maggie Dietz (GRS'97), and Mark Doty.
Hosted by Favorite Poem Project and School of Education on July 16, 2008.
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Creative Writing Annual Faculty Reading
Among the creative writing faculty reading from their work at the Annual Faculty Reading are former U.S. poet laureates Louise Glück and Robert Pinsky. Others include David Ferry, a CAS lecturer, Rosanna Warren, a University professor, Leslie [...]Epstein, director of the Creative Writing Program, Jennifer Haigh, a CAS lecturer, and Ha Jin (GRS'93), a CAS professor.
Hosted by Creative Writing Program on January 30, 2007.
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A Tribute to Melissa Green
Acclaimed poet Melissa Green (GRS'82) reads from her first collection of poems in 20 years. Green, who has struggled with mental and physical illness, is joined by Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate and a professor of creative writing at BU, Robert [...]Pinsky, former three-time U.S. poet laureate and a BU professor of English, as well as Rosanna Warren, BU's Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor of the Humanities. In all, fifteen renowned poets read new work in Green's honor.
Hosted by University Professors Program and the Humanities Foundation at Boston University on December 5, 2007.
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Favorite Poem Reading At BU Central
Inspired by CAS professor and former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project in 1997, BU Today's Favorite Poem reading welcomed students, staff, and faculty to read their favorite poems in an open mic format on the stage of BU [...]Central.
Co-sponsored by BU slam poetry group Speak For Yourself, the event also featured "cover" slam poetry, which was moderated by Adam Stone, the 1998 New England Forensic Interpreter of Poetry Champ, the 2000 Vermont Cover Slam Champion, and the 2000 National Dead Poets Slam winner.
Read the story on BU Today: /today/unknown-section/2007/09/16/slam-song-spoken-word-0
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Jacques Pépin reads "Le Dormeur du Val" by Arthur Rimbaud (Favorite Poem Project)
In this video, popular TV chef and cookbook author Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11), cofounder of, and an instructor in, Metropolitan College’s Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts, reads his favorite poem, Arthur Rimbaud’s [...]“Le Dormeur du Val,†in both French and English, and shares memories of his time as an apprentice chef in Paris during the 1950s.
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Mary Jane Doherty reads "The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens
To mark the 20th anniversary of Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project, members of the Boston University community were invited to share their favorite poems. In the video above, filmmaker Mary Jane Doherty reads "The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens.
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Merav Opher reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
To mark the 20th anniversary of Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project, members of the Boston University community were invited to share their favorite poems. In the video above, astrophysicist Merav Opher reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop.
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Mike Eruzione reads "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
To mark the 20th anniversary of Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project, members of the Boston University community were invited to share their favorite poems. In the video above, Olympic hockey icon Mike Eruzione reads "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt [...]Whitman.
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Jahnavi De Sousa reads "Said the Poet to the Analyst" by Anne Sexton
To mark the 20th anniversary of Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project, members of the Boston University community were invited to share their favorite poems. In the video above, psychology student Jahnavi De Sousa reads "Said the Poet to the Analyst" [...]by Anne Sexton.
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