{"id":1576,"date":"2014-10-03T15:55:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2014-10-03T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T20:18:56","slug":"literary-links-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/2014\/10\/03\/literary-links-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/crwr\/files\/2014\/10\/autumn-book-tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/crwr\/files\/2014\/10\/autumn-book-tag.jpg\" alt=\"autumn-book-tag\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/files\/2014\/10\/autumn-book-tag.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/crwr\/files\/2014\/10\/autumn-book-tag-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday from BU Creative Writing!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some literary links for your weekend:<\/p>\n<p>This week was the kickoff of Robert Pinsky&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/bux\/bux-arpo222x-art-poetry-1565#.VC78myldX_4\">Art of Poetry MOOC<\/a>, and we&#8217;re excited that it now\u00a0has over 15,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out our current <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/world\/2014-fellows\/\">Global Fellows&#8217; blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Epstein&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/leslie-epstein-7\/pinto-and-sons\/\"><em>Pinto and Sons<\/em><\/a>&#8211;eleven years in the making&#8211;is now available in digital format on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NQOF0T8\">Kindle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/pinto-and-sons-leslie-epstein\/1000030333?ean=2940150517547\">Nook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/pinto-and-sons\/id920703063?ls=1&amp;mt=11\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about?id=9iiOBAAAQBAJ\">Googlebooks<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/477745?ref=quidpro\">Smashwords<\/a>. \u00a0Congratulations, L!<\/p>\n<p>Liz Danzico on <a href=\"http:\/\/bobulate.com\/post\/98768876979\/stillness-in-motion\">choosing one thing<\/a> to do every day.<\/p>\n<p>A fascinating, moving conversation with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/05\/magazine\/the-revelations-of-marilynne-robinson.html?ref=books&amp;_r=0\">Marilynne Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Hitchens<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/features\/2010\/01\/hitchens-like-201001\"><\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/features\/2010\/01\/hitchens-like-201001\">the word &#8220;like.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A metaphor for writing and for life, from choreographer Merce Cunningham: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/2014\/10\/03\/merce-cunningham-the-creative-experience\/\">&#8220;Falling is one of the ways of moving.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to be <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/message\/how-to-be-polite-9bf1e69e888c\">polite<\/a>\u00a0(and more importantly, how to have empathy).<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/browse\/180\/4#!\/20605759\/0\">exquisite poem<\/a> I recently discovered by Sharon Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>The creator of the marshmallow test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/14\/opinion\/sunday\/learning-self-control.html\">on self-control.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope your weekends are filled with wild and whirling words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday from BU Creative Writing! 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