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Jim Gavin in the LA Times

January 2, 2013 at 5:44 PM

The Los Angeles Times has selected Jim Gavin (Fiction 2011), as one of their “Faces to watch in 2013.” (Follow the link and then click “Books.”) Jim’s first collection of short fiction, Middle Men, will be published by Simon & Schuster next month. In a starred review, Kirkus called Middle Men “exceptional…the best kind of […]

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Follow Rebecca Kaiser Gibson in the 30/30 Project

December 10, 2012 at 12:34 PM

This month, our Rebecca Kaiser Gibson (Poetry 1996) is running the equivalent of a “poetry marathon.” Rebecca will write 30 new poems in 30 days (!) as part of The 30/30 Project, a fundraiser for Tupelo Press, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press. You can “sponsor” and encourage her by donating on her behalf to Tupelo […]

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“Overcharged Calls” by Luisa Caycedo-Kimura

December 6, 2012 at 6:23 PM

We’re pleased to announce that “Overcharged Calls,” a poem by one of our current poetry MFA students, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, has just been published in PALABRA 8. She will also have three poems published in Vol. 29.2, the next issue, of Louisiana Literature: “1951 Dawn in the Colombian Andes,” “Assumption,” and “Tale of Colombian Earth.” Luisa […]

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Megan Fernandes recent publications

December 4, 2012 at 2:37 PM

We’re pleased to share an updated publication list for Megan Fernandes (Poetry 2012), who was also a Robert Pinsky Global Fellow in Poetry in Portugal. Her poem “The Antihero” was commended by Don Paterson in the annual Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition. “The Flight to Sacramento” was recently published in the Winter issue of Rattle […]

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EN 304, Writing of Poetry, event tomorrow night

December 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM

Tomorrow evening, December 4th, Megan Fernandes’s advanced poetry class will have an end of the year reading at Gallery 263 in Cambridgeport, MA at 5:30pm. The event includes cheese and refreshments and four BU undergraduate poets who would love to share their poetry with an audience. Gallery 263 is 15 minutes away from campus, across […]

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Lisa Hiton has received a Pushcart Prize nomination

December 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM

A few months ago we reported that a poem by Lisa Hiton (Poetry 2011), “The Senator,” had been published in the DMQ Review. We are excited to report that this poem has been nominated by the magazine for a Pushcart Prize. Congratulations and good luck, Lisa!

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Kimberly Elkins in the Iowa Review

November 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM

A story by our alumna Kimberly Elkins (Fiction 2010) has been published in the Iowa Review, which you can buy here. Kimberly’s novel, WHAT IS VISIBLE, which she worked on while at BU, has recently been sold to Grand Central Publishing, a division of Little, Brown, for publication in Spring 2014. Her work has appeared […]

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New publication for Tara Skurtu, current MFA student

November 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM

We are proud to announce that Tara Skurtu, one of our poetry students, has just had a poem published in the Fall 2012 issue of the Los Angeles Review. The poem is called “Coming and Going.” Tara also has two poems forthcoming in Hanging Loose (“Dreamt Dad Died” and “Trenches”). Tara Skurtu is the recipient […]

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BU MFA students to read at the Brookline Booksmith

October 24, 2012 at 5:31 PM

This Friday, October 26, visit the Brookline Booksmith to see Luisa Caycedo-Kimura (Poetry) and Lucy Teitler (Fiction) read their work as part of the Breakwater Reading Series. Luisa Caycedo-Kimura was born in Colombia and grew up in New York City. A former attorney, she left the legal profession to study creative writing at Southern Connecticut […]

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On Lowell in the classroom at BU

October 15, 2012 at 10:30 PM

The class met at Boston University on Tuesdays from two to four in a dismal room the shape of a shoe box. It was a bleak spot, as if it had been forgotten for years, like the spinning room in Sleeping Beauty’s castle. We were not allowed to smoke, but everyone smoked anyhow, using their […]

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