Author Archives: Bookworm
Katherine McKittrick
Katherine McKittrick, a professor of gender studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, will present “A Poetics of Declension” at Boston College on March 19 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. McKittrick is … Continue reading
Poetry honors for alumna
“Little Skate at Ballston Beach,” a poem by Lynne Spigelmire Viti, earned Second Place honors in the regional category of the 12th Annual Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest. The contest is sponsored by WOMR, a public broadcasting community radio station … Continue reading
Your Time to Rise
Boston College graduate Arivee Vargas tapped into her personal experience as Latina who overcame limiting cultural and societal expectations for her new book Your Time to Rise: Unlearn Limiting Beliefs, Unlock Your Power, and Unleash Your Truest Self. In Your … Continue reading
Reading Shakespeare to respond to illness
University of Calgary Professor Emeritus Arthur Frank, Professor II at VID Specialized University in Oslo and a visiting professor at Columbia University, will present “Polyphonic Suffering: Reading Shakespeare to Respond to Illness” at Boston College on March 12 at 7 … Continue reading
History and adventure await
Michael Cloherty O’Connell, who earned a master’s degree from Boston College in 1998, is the author of two new books: Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt and Riley’s Treasure Chase. Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt is a memoir combined with an intricately crafted … Continue reading
Unjustly convicted
In his recently republished book, Justice Under God: How Faith, Hope, and Charity Freed an Innocent Man and Helped Save a Thousand Lives, Boston College Law School Adjunct Professor Christopher J. Muse, a retired Superior Court judge, chronicles his and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College Law School, justice, memoir
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Modernizing ‘Piers Plowman’
An experimental hybrid work, Cycle of Dreams (Punctum Books, 2024) by Boston College Professor of English Eric Weiskott pairs translation and original poetry. The translations, or adaptations, are of William Langland’s 14th-century dream vision, Piers Plowman, a politically radical English and Latin … Continue reading
Translating Kracht
BC Associate Professor of German Studies Daniel Bowles has written the English translation of Swiss author Christian Kracht’s novel Eurotrash (Liveright/W.W. Norton, 2024). The acclaimed novel, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was named one of the 12 … Continue reading
Unaccompanied at the border
Poet Javier Zamora will discuss home, identity, and the immigrant experience—the focus of his acclaimed 2022 memoir Solito (Hogarth)—at Boston College on February 26 in Gasson 100 at 7 p.m. At age nine, Zamora embarked on a nine-week journey from … Continue reading
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Tagged immigrant, memoir, poet, poetry
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Staging the Lyric
University of Dallas Assistant Professor of English Sarah Berry aims to explain the 21st-century resurgence of Anglophone verse drama in her new book, Staging the Lyric: Modern and Contemporary Experiments with Verse Drama (Bloomsbury, 2024). This modern verse drama differs … Continue reading
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