A Life in Poetry: An Evening with Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill is a University Professor and Professor of Literature and Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University, Associate Fellow of the Center for Research in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Warwick, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Hill is the author of numerous publications including recent books of criticism and poetry: Canaan (1997), The Orchards of Syon (2002), Style and Faith (2003), and Scenes from Comus (2005).
Professor Hill will read from texts he has enjoyed teaching during his nearly twenty-year career at Boston University: the Bible, 17th-century poetry (Donne, Herbert, Henry Vaughan), Gerard Manley Hopkins. The evening will conclude with selections of Professor Hills own poetry, read by members of the faculty chosen by Professor Hill himself. Reception following.
This event is cosponsored by the University Professors Program and the BU Hillel.