“Suburbia is going to fail,” James Howard Kunstler, author and journalist, said at the Lowell Humanities Series Wednesday night. “There are three destinies: ruins, salvage, and slums.”
Editorials, Opinions
Bringing Coates’ Message Back To Boston College
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ talk presented stances on important issues that need to be reincorporated back on campus.
News, On Campus
Poet Jeff Chang Talks Race In Literature At Lowell Humanities Series
Poet Jeff Chang is the executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University and received his master’s degree in Asian-American studies from UCLA. He has written for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, and Foreign Policy, among other publications.
News, On Campus
Irish Poet, Former BC Scholar Explores Agrarian Life Through Works
Poet, editor, and self-proclaimed “country boy” Peter Fallon read from his extenisve works of poetry as part of the Lowell Humanities Series.
On Campus, News
Lowell Series Welcomes Prize-Winning Poet
“To be in the middle of a Laura Kasischke poem is to occupy the intersection between the physical and the unseen … the known and the imagined,” said Boston College professor Suzanne Matson in her introduction to the prize winning poet who spoke at the latest Lowell Humanities Series last night.
On Campus, News
Renowned Author And Poet Stuart Dybek Featured At Lowell Humanities Series
Boston College welcomed author and poet Stuart Dybek to campus last night in Gasson 100 for the third installment of the Lowell Humanities Series, during which Dybek explored the art of short story writing in his new collection, entitled Ecstatic Cahoots.
News, On Campus
Government’s Neglect To Punish Wall Street For 2008 Crisis Reflects Social Views On Crime, Says Taibbi
The 2008 financial crisis had profound economic implications for average Americans. As many lost their homes, savings, and jobs, the executives at Wall Street’s most influential investment firms—the men who engaged in risky practices to boost their own personal gain—were never punished for their actions. This speaks to a change in how society and the press views crime, said award-winning author and journalist Matt Taibbi.
