Stories about "poetry"
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.