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Literature

A photo of "House of Koi" by Lillian Li

Books

COM Student Pens YA Novel about Identity, Cultural Conflict, and Malaysian Culture

July 31, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: July 30 to August 2

July 30, 2020

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 photo of a father and son playing with wooden blocks together

Weekender

The Weekender: June 18 to 21

June 18, 2020

19th century engraving of Charles Dickens sitting in his study.

Books

Charles Dickens: A Novelist for Our Times

June 9, 2020

Black and white print illustration of Dante bowing before the angel pilot from the Dore Gallery by Edmund Ollier - Cassel, Petter and Galpin (London-New York) 1870. A figure next to Dante comforts him as a boat with an angel approaches.

Books

What Happens Next? Four Literary Classics for a Post–COVID-19 World

June 5, 2020

Weekender

The Weekender: May 7 to 10

May 7, 2020

A portrait photo of Elissa Altman

Books

Layers of Love, Loathing, and Longing

March 11, 2020

Paperback books stacked on top of each other..

Books

BU Libraries’ Most Popular Books (“Popular” Being Relative)

February 24, 2020

A selection of book covers

Books

Reading List: Alumni Books that Caught Our Eye

February 18, 2020

A photo of the cover of Sheila's Cordner's book "Who’s Hiding in This Book?"

Literature

CGS Lecturer’s New Picture Book Introduces Young Readers to Literary Classics

January 29, 2020

Fallou Ngom sits in the home of an Ajami manuscript owner in Belfort, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Anthropology

Digitizing Ajami, a Centuries-Old African Script

January 23, 2020

A photo of a woman on a bed reading a book surrounded by other open books.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What Makes for a Satisfying Ending?

January 16, 2020

A portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen who will be delivering the 2019 Ha Jin Lecture

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen to Give Ha Jin Lecture Tonight

November 19, 2019

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye smiles for a photo while standing on a bridge

Arts & Culture

“Wandering Poet” Naomi Shihab Nye Headlines Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading

November 5, 2019

Author Stewart O’Nan in his home

Arts & Culture

A Family Patriarch Finally Gets His Due

August 1, 2019

a crowd watches the Last year Commonwealth Shakespeare Company perform onstage

Theatre

To Do Today: Shakespeare Live on the Common

July 17, 2019

Arts & Culture

Author Elizabeth McCracken Hates Elves, Loves Fortune Cookies

July 9, 2019

Author Elizabeth McCracken Hates Elves, Loves Fortune Cookies