Author Archives: Bookworm
Marvelous Marvin
Boston College graduate Dave Wedge has written the definitive chronicle of Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954-2021), the undisputed middleweight boxing champion from 1980-87. In Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory (Hamilcar Publications, 2025), Wedge … Continue reading
The Carousel Man
The dreams and visions are getting worse for crime writer Jack Rainne. He can’t shake the childhood memory of a haunting carousel ride in a desolate Missouri cornfield. His only hope for answers is to return to where it all … Continue reading
The Siberian Candidate
Boston College graduate John Houle ’94 has published his second novel, The Siberian Candidate (BookPress Publishing, 2023). The political thriller continues the story of former campaign strategist Henry Mercucio, introduced in Houle’s debut novel The King-Makers of Providence. In The … Continue reading
The 4-day work week
Economist Juliet Schor, a professor of sociology at Boston College and a bestselling author, makes the case for a four-day work week, showing how this model can address major challenges such as burnout, AI, and the climate crisis, in her … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, employment, Sociology Department, work
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Miracles can happen
The Boston College Class of 1975 recently celebrated its 50th Reunion. One of those Golden Eagles is Joan Luise Hill, who is the author of two books about miracles. Her first book, The Miracle Chase, co-authored with Katie Mahon and … Continue reading
Grace
A new scholarly publication by Boston College Assistant Professor of Theology Henry Shea, S.J., proposes a deeply grounded investigation of grace and a robustly balanced impetus for advancing the gospel in the 21st century. In An Analogy of Grace (University … Continue reading
Pooling the financial risk
In her latest book, Sharing Risk: The Path to Economic Well-Being for All (University of California Press, 2025) Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law Patricia McCoy probes explanations as to why financial burdens have shifted onto the backs of individual … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College Law School, economic inequality
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What’s your sign?
After a distressing astrology reading, science-minded skeptic Leah Lockhart is on a mission to prove that her horoscope is wrong in the latest novel by Boston College graduate Jessie Rosen. In All the Signs (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random House, 2025), … Continue reading
Girls with Goals
Girls and women have always found a way to play soccer, in spite of bans, challenges, rules, and backward-looking attitudes. Today, soccer is the most popular women’s sport in the world. A new YA book by Boston College alumna Clelia … Continue reading
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Tagged athletes, nonfiction, soccer, sports, women's history
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‘Parallel Letters’
Parallel Letters (Parallel’noe Pis’mo) (Sandermoen Publishing, 2025), a new bilingual collection of poems by Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, showcases twin texts that were born from the same sources, but occupy different linguistic and … Continue reading
