The poem is an elegy written by Ben Jonson after the death of his seven-year-old son. Jonson expresses heartbreak and says goodbye, calling his son his "best piece of poetry". The poem shows the depth ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Located in Stokes 418S, the Writing Center offers one-to-one, 50-minute peer consultations to Boston College undergraduates looking for help with their writing. We work with written assignments from ...

The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrums Trope, POV, backstory, character arc. In the 30 years since I was a student of that ...

As a journalist, writing comes to me naturally, and it is something I can do at any moment. But I can understand that some people might have trouble juggling words to express exactly what they want to ...

Over the past year, we have been working closely with colleagues here at Boston College to develop a psychologically rich, humanities-informed Creative Writing Master’s Program oriented toward ...

Creative writing often takes a backseat in schools—confined mostly to ELA classrooms, and even there, used sparingly. But teachers like Ariel Sacks, a middle school teacher, author, and instructional ...

On Friday afternoon, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying that the program had been canceled. The annual ...

Creative writing is a deeply personal and imaginative process, but even the most seasoned writers encounter moments of doubt, distraction, or dreaded writer’s block. In recent years, technology has ...

Among an assortment of creative writing groups at UCLA, The Writer’s Den holds a premium on both creativity and volunteer work. The Writer’s Den aims to establish an environment where writers can ...