Monthly Archives: July 2023

Polemical ethics

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Bookworm

Martin Heidegger held Plato responsible for inaugurating the slow slide of the West into nihilism and the apocalyptic crisis of modernity. In his book, Towards a Polemical Ethics: Between Heidegger and Plato (Roman & Littlefield), Boston College Professor of Philosophy … Continue reading →

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Murder runs in the family

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Bookworm

Bestselling author James Patterson and Boston College graduate Mike Lupica, an acclaimed sports journalist and bestselling author, have teamed to write The House of Wolves (Little, Brown and Company, 2023). After her father’s murder, Jenny Wolf is left in charge … Continue reading →

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Evolution of school desegregation policy

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Bookworm

In The Crucible of Desegregation: The Uncertain Search for Educational Equality (University of Chicago Press, 2023), Boston College political scientist R. Shep Melnick examines the evolution of federal school desegregation policy from 1954—when the Supreme Court delivered the landmark decision of … Continue reading →

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Debut novel from Sean Smith

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Bookworm

Boston College Chronicle editor Sean Smith has written for a living for the better part of four decades, but this summer he has published his first work of fiction, Transformation Summer. Smith’s debut novel focuses on 16-year-old Seth, who reluctantly … Continue reading →

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Eleanor Roosevelt & Mary McLeod Bethune

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Bookworm

Bestselling novelist Marie Benedict, a graduate of Boston College, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray have written a new historical novel about the singular friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune. The … Continue reading →

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Quadzilla Finds His Footing

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Bookworm

Green Bay Packers running back A.J. Dillon, a former BC Eagle who holds the University’s all-time rushing record, is now a children’s book author. Quadzilla Finds His Footing (Orange Hat Publishing, 2023), written by Dillon and illustrated by Summer Morrison, … Continue reading →

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