Karl Kirchwey

Karl Kirchwey is professor of English and creative writing at Boston University. His memoir Who Rides the Flame: A Family History of Wartime Loss will be published in 2027.

All Shall Be Well

My father’s experiences aboard a World War II bomber became the narrative of a life he could never have invented

By Karl Kirchwey | Thursday November 20, 2025

I Am Become a Name

The uncle I never knew and the war that was his

By Karl Kirchwey | Thursday January 5, 2023

Capitignano

By Karl Kirchwey | Monday June 10, 2013

Four Poems

By Karl Kirchwey | Tuesday December 1, 2009

Morning and Reading Akhmatova

By Karl Kirchwey | Wednesday March 1, 2006

All Shall Be Well

By Karl Kirchwey | Thursday November 20, 2025

I Am Become a Name

By Karl Kirchwey | Thursday January 5, 2023

Capitignano

By Karl Kirchwey | Monday June 10, 2013

Four Poems

By Karl Kirchwey | Tuesday December 1, 2009

Morning and Reading Akhmatova

By Karl Kirchwey | Wednesday March 1, 2006

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