Stories about "poetry"
Look What We Found: A note from Seamus Heaney to Georgia Nigro
Thursday, March 1, 2018 10:36 am
Heaney sent Nigro a poem with handwritten revisions.
Q&A: Three alumni poets honor the ‘perfect teacher of undergraduates,’ poet Rob Farnsworth
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:49 pm
As 'retirement urges sweet return,' Bates salutes poet Rob Farnsworth, who leaves the classroom after 26 years.
Look What We Found: Robert Frost in a Bates poet’s office
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:11 pm
On a bookcase facing Rob Farnsworth sits a bust of poet Robert Frost, "presiding over everything that gets said in here."
Celebrate Thoreau’s 200th birthday with a summer poem from a Bates author
Monday, July 10, 2017 12:13 pm
Chute's "Heat Wave in Concord" recreates a sizzling summer day in 1852 when Thoreau and a friend went on a "fluvial walk" in the Concord River.
Q&A: Poet Robert Strong on ‘Bright Advent’ and King Philip’s War
Thursday, June 15, 2017 4:21 pm
A poet and Bates College faculty member, Robert Strong explores the origins of King Philip's War in his latest book, Bright Advent.
Look What We Found: A framed copy of a poem
Friday, February 3, 2017 1:29 pm
Assistant Professor of Geman Raluca Cernahoschi explains why a handwritten framed poem hangs in her office.
Bates presents a poet whose work is described as ‘fiercely beautiful’
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 4:46 pm
Linda Gregerson, a much-honored author of several collections of poetry, reads from her work at Bates College on Nov. 5.
Language Arts Live returns with famed poet from Northern Ireland
Friday, May 8, 2015 9:39 am
Bates College welcomes prize-winning Northern Irish poet Sinèad Morrissey for a reading on May 8.
An award-winning poet, Crystal Williams to read in Language Arts Live event
Monday, November 17, 2014 11:09 am
The author of four collections of poems, Crystal Williams reads from her work in a Language Arts Live event at Bates College on Nov. 19.
Language Arts Live readings resume with poet Tyler Mills
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:51 am
The Language Arts Live series of literary readings resumes with poet Tyler Mills on Jan. 16.