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“Please Come to Boston” book cover. Boston University alum Gary Goldstein wrote this fictional story about Nicky DeMarco, a boy who is entering his first year at BU in 1975. COURTESY OF GARY GOLDSTEIN

‘It’s my love letter to BU’: Gary Goldstein revisits his time on Comm Ave. in newest novel

Kayla Baltazar April 4, 2025

Living on the first-ever co-ed floor of Warren Towers, formerly known as 700 dorm, going to class at the School of Public Communication and eating late-night meals at the Kenmore Deli Haus — all things...

“The Song of Achilles” cover. Eden reviews author Madeline Miller’s novel, a retelling of the Greek myth of Achilles which centers on the romance between the man and his rumored lover, Patroclus. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘The Song of Achilles’: LGBTQ+ literature done the right way

Eden Mor November 7, 2021
There is so much more besides their sexuality that makes this book great.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Pandemics — one story at the time

Antonia Lehnert February 9, 2021
Oral storytelling is much more than simply recounting events — it turns words into images and emotions. The final result can be even more moving than books or movies because the stories come from real people in front of us.
Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio Reardon October 21, 2020
It’s easy to see how all media, and really all of human activity, is political — every social activity involves making decisions, every set of humans is organized in some way and these organizations will influence the decisions that are made.
Weike Wang, pictured above, is a BU alumna. Wang was one of the 10 writers to win the 2018 Whiting Award, which includes a $50,000 prize, on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY SAAVEDRA PHOTOGRAPHY/ THE WHITING FOUNDATION

GRS alumna Weike Wang recognized for novel with $50,000

Armand Manoukian March 25, 2018
Boston University alumna Weike Wang has received the 2018 Whiting Award for fiction for her 2017 novel “Chemistry.”
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