Author Archives: Bookworm
Q&A with Graver
Author and Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver talked with the Boston Globe’s Eugenia Williamson about her approach to writing and the source of her next writing project: her maternal grandmother who was born in Turkey and lived in … Continue reading
Remembering the Emerald Isle Classic
Boston College alumnus Jim O’Brien, the man behind the Emerald Isle Classic–the first American college football game played in Europe, has released a commemorative book about the historic event. The Match, tells the story of the BC-Army game played on November 19, … Continue reading
Nun on the bus
The School of Theology and Ministry presents “Politics, Faith, and Prophetic Witness,” a lecture by Simone Campbell, S.S.S., author of A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community (HarperCollins, 2014) and executive director of NETWORK, … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, School of Theology and Ministry, social justice
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Summer book swap
The Volunteer Service Learning Center is holding its annual summer book swap where members of the BC community are invited to bring and/or take a book. The book swap will be held at McElroy 208 weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 … Continue reading
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More from the Catholic Press Assn.
Visions of Hope: Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church (Orbis Books), a book based on a conference organized by BC graduate students, was awarded first place by the Catholic Press Association in the category of works related to the 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Catholic Press Association Awards
Several books by Boston College professors were honored with awards from the Catholic Press Association of the U.S. and Canada. Theology Professor Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., received the first-place award in the category of social teaching for his book Christianity and the Political Order. … Continue reading
Murder on the Outer Banks
Boston College alumna Kathryn O’Sullivan has published a new mystery novel, Murder on the Hoof (St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur, 2014). It is a sequel to her novel Foal Play, which was awarded the St. Martin’s Minotaur/Malice Domestic Best Traditional Mystery Novel prize. Like Foal Play, … Continue reading
Vulnerability as a virtue
In her newest book, Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2013), Boston College Associate Professor of Philosophy Marina Berzins McCoy examines ways in which Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy can lead readers to consider their … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Greece, Philosophy Department, Plato
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Southwest art
Alumna Margaret Moore Booker, who studied art history as an undergraduate at Boston College, is the author of the award-winning book, Southwest Art Defined: An Illustrated Guide (Rio Nuevo Publishers). The volume is an illustrated reference guide to Southwestern art and … Continue reading
Irregulars
Boston College alumnus Kevin McCarthy is the author of two historical fiction novels published in Ireland. Peeler (Mercier Press, 2010) was selected by the Irish Times as one of its Top Ten Thrillers of 2010 and by the Philadelphia Inquirer as … Continue reading
