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Literature

A composite image of some of the books discussed in the article below including The Real Deal: My Decade Fighting Battles and Winning Wars with Trump, Black Flag, A Clean Heart, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces, Geode, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems, and Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

Arts & Culture

Reading List: Alumni Books That Caught Our Eye

July 7, 2020

A portrait photo of Lara Ehrlich

Books

Lara Ehrlich Finds Inspiration in Fairy Tales in Her Debut Collection, Animal Wife

July 7, 2020

Two illustrations of Billie Jean King standing on a platform raising a medal above her head. Next, is an illustration of Alvin Ailey in a white shirt and dark pants dancing with a dance squad behind them.

LGBTQ+ Literature

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

June 30, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

A selection of book covers

Books

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye

February 18, 2020

Author Stewart O’Nan in his home

Arts & Culture

A Family Patriarch Finally Gets His Due

August 1, 2019

Literature

Author Elizabeth McCracken Hates Elves, Loves Fortune Cookies

July 9, 2019

Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo at a beach

Alumni

Leading Men Reimagines Love Affair between Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo

March 21, 2019

Arts & Culture

Book Reviews

February 19, 2019

black and white portrait of Henry Worsley in winter gear

Alumni

Exploring Endurance

February 19, 2019

Boston University alumni and Author Peter Ho Davies

Literature

Peter Ho Davies Explores Chinese American History

March 16, 2017

Paul Beatty (CAS’84, GRS’87) receiving the Man Book Prize

Race

Man Booker Prize Goes to Paul Beatty

October 27, 2016

Robert B. Parker has been called the “dean of American crime fiction.”

Arts & Culture

Five Famous Alums: Writers

July 20, 2016

Five Famous Alums: Writers