Category: Poetry Publications

Tara Skurtu published in Memorious

June 3, 2014 at 1:50 PM

Tara Skurtu has published two poems in issue 22 of Memorious, which went live yesterday!  View the issue here, and read Tara’s poems: “Şoricel” and “Discovery: Negative Return.” Congrats, Tara! Tara Skurtu teaches Creative Writing at Boston University, where she received a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship and an Academy of American Poets Prize. She was named one of Lloyd […]

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Renee Emerson publishes debut book of poetry

May 15, 2014 at 4:59 PM

Wonderful news for Renee Emerson, whose beautiful book of poems, Keeping Me Still, has just been published! You can buy a copy and read more about the book here. From the publisher:  “…a collection of poems like keepsakes of what is lost and gained as we move on, grow, and reach for something bigger–always with hope.” […]

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Poet Tara Skurtu featured on WBUR

May 6, 2014 at 10:33 AM

We’re continually proud of BU poet Tara Skurtu, who, in addition to having her poems published in a slew of journals, was recently featured on Radio Boston’s ARTery segment on WBUR!  What an honor (and a treat!).  Listen to it here. Bravo, Tara! Tara Skurtu teaches Creative Writing at Boston University, where she received a […]

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Lisa Hiton featured on The Casserole Reading Series, among other places

May 5, 2014 at 12:57 PM

Lisa Hiton recently gave a live poetry reading on The Casserole Reading Series, hosted by west coast poet, Chelsea Kurnick!  Check it out here. Two of Lisa’s poems appear in -Anti, and earlier this year, she published this brief and lovely poem in Cellpoems.   In addition, her poem, “Moonchild,” was published in the spring issue […]

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Abriana Jette’s Poetry Anthology features BU poets

May 2, 2014 at 5:24 PM

We’re thrilled to see The Best Emerging Poets of 2013 on sale on Amazon! The book, edited by Abriana “Abe” Jette (poetry alum) features BU poets such as Caitlin Doyle, Bekah Stout, and Dariel Suarez, and is soon to be the number one poetry anthology selling on Amazon. Buy your copy today! Congrats, Abe! Abriana […]

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Publications Galore for Dariel Suarez

May 2, 2014 at 12:50 PM

It’s been an impressively productive year for Dariel Suarez, whose fiction and poetry has been published or is forthcoming in a smattering of journals and other places! His short story, “Lemonade,” was published in Superstition Review this week. Another story, “Hope,” has been accepted for publication by Michigan Quarterly Review. It will appear this summer […]

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“City Aubade” by Vanesha Pravin

September 19, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Birds strung on high-tension wires, my tongue heavy in its thick hot nest, I slip out. — the opening lines of  “City Aubade” by Vanesha Pravin (MFA ’09),  appearing at Slate as this week’s Tuesday Poem pick. There is an interesting appendage following the text of the poem proper, a discussion where Pravin dove into […]

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Ashley Anna McHugh wins the New Criterion Poetry Prize

November 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM

Ashley Anna McHugh has just been awarded the tenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize for her new book, Into These Knots (Ivan R. Dee, October 2010). Ashley is a 2007 graduate of the Boston University Creative Writing MFA program in Poetry. For news and information about the New Criterion Poetry Prize, visit their website at […]

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Alumni News

November 8, 2010 at 4:02 PM

Happy November and welcome back to the blog! We’re happy to share the latest items in alumni news. -Congratulations to Kevin Shushtari (Fiction ’09), recipient of the Forugh Farrokhzad Fellowship Award: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/vsc-announces-new-forugh-farrokhzad-fellowship/ Janee J. Baugher (Poetry ’92)’s debut collection of poems, Coordinates of Yes (Alahada Books), was released in March 2010. Visit Janee’s website for […]

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New book of poems from Carla Panciera

October 20, 2010 at 3:35 PM

Congratulations to Carla Panciera, who graduated from Boston University’s MA in Creative Writing program in Poetry in 1987. Carla’s second collection of poetry, No Day, No Dusk, No Love, will be released in November 2010 (Bordighera Press).  It received the Bordighera Prize and will appear as a bilingual (English/Italian) volume. Carla Panciera’s work has appeared […]

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