http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/25/robert-lowell-memorial-lecture-tonight-2/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/25/robert-lowell-memorial-lecture-tonight-2/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:02:04 +0000 Lauren Davalla http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8084 The Creative Writing Program will host its annual Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture featuring former Poet Laureate and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan and program alumna Katherine Hollander tonight at 7:00 PM in the Photonics Center, Room 206.  The Lecture was established to bring distinguished writers to campus to read alongside recent graduates of the program.  It is funded by Nancy Livingston and Fred M. Levin through The Shenson Foundation, in memory of Drs. Ben & A. Jess Shenson.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/04/25/robert-lowell-memorial-lecture-tonight-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/23/the-power-of-narrative-timeless-art-in-an-urgent-age/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/23/the-power-of-narrative-timeless-art-in-an-urgent-age/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:00:26 +0000 Jennifer McDonald http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5123 The College of Communication is hosting The Power of Narrative: Timeless Art in an Urgent Age today from 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM at the Photonics Center. The conference will explore the power of narrative in today’s media landscape and the timeless techniques of story-telling. Prize-winning writers and editors will discuss narrative in its many forms — including books, film and television. One panel will bring together writers of fiction and nonfiction to discuss the place of fact and reporting in creating a compelling story. To register, please visit http://www.bu.edu/com/narrative/schedule.html.

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