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Threepenny Review Thirtieth Anniversary Reading

March 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM

On Tuesday, March 16th, at 7:00 PM, the Creative Writing Program will host the Threepenny Review’s Thirtieth Anniversary Reading, featuring poets Frank Bidart, Louise Glück, Jill McDonough, and Robert Pinsky, introduced by Wendy Lesser, founding editor of the Threepenny Review and author of eight books, most recently Room for Doubt. The five eminent, much-loved, and […]

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February 9th – 2010 Annual Faculty Reading

February 3, 2010 at 1:23 PM

For all those in the Boston area: the Creative Writing Program’s faculty will be giving their annual free reading next Tuesday, February 9th, 7:30 PM, at Boston University’s School of Management Auditorium (595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston). The readers will include: former US Poets Laureate Robert Pinsky and Louise Glück; novelist and Director of the Program, Leslie […]

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Ha Jin Readings

December 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM

Ha Jin will be reading this week at area bookstores from his new collection of short stories, “A Good Fall” Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM – Barnes & Noble @ BU, 660 Beacon Street, Boston MA (Reading Room, 5th Floor) Wednesday, December 2, at 7:00 PM – Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St. Brookline […]

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Onna Solomon wins Walsh Prize

November 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM

Onna Solomon, a 2006 graduate of Boston University’s graduate poetry program, is the 2009 winner of Beloit Poetry Journal’s annual Chad Walsh Poetry Prize. Solomon’s winning poem, “Autism Suite,” appeared in the Fall 2009 issue. More information can be read at the prize announcement on the BPJ website, and at AnnArbor.com.

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PEN/ O. Henry Prize Winners

August 5, 2009 at 4:05 PM

We’ve just learned that Ha Jin and BU alumna E.V. Slate have been named winners of the PEN/ O. Henry Prize. Their stories “The House behind a Weeping Cherry” (Ha Jin), and “Purple Bamboo Park” (E.V. Slate) both appear in the forthcoming PEN/ O. Henry Prize Anthology. Congratulations to both!

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John Tormey

July 30, 2009 at 11:23 AM

We’ve just learned that incoming MFA candidate, John Tormey, has published a story in an online journal called Fiction Circus. The story is called “Dashing Through the Snow”. Click on the title to read the story. Hit the jump for some artwork and an audio track of John reading from his piece. Congratulations, John!

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Summer Poetry Institute Readings

July 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM

This summer, Boston University hosts the seventh annual Summer Poetry Institute for Educators led by Robert Pinsky. This program builds on the principles of the Favorite Poem Project which Pinsky founded during his tenure as Poet Laureate. On Tuesday July 14th, Louise Glück — former Poet Laureate, and winner of the Wallace Stevens Award, among other honors […]

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Caballo Chops

July 6, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Caballo Chops          (accompanied by guitar)   Caballo sat on the bus near me,      Unmoving and self-contained as a cactus. His moustache handlebarred over his lips,      His potbelly pigged out over his nickel belt buckle. Like a Navajo Coyote his heart was hidden deep away      And […]

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flatmanCrooked Fiction Contest

June 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Creative Writing Alum, Kaelan Smith, who runs the new literary anthology flatmanCrooked, would like to announce their first annual fiction contest. The 2009 Flatmancrooked Prize for Excellent Writing Done During a Period of Great Fiscal Renewal is officially live. Aimee Bender, who wrote The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, amongst other books, and who teaches at the USC […]

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Climbing the Charts!

June 5, 2009 at 12:30 AM

We’re now the 9th most active blog at BU! Pretty cool, eh?

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