Author Archives: Bookworm
Baseball stories
Author Lenny Cassuto will deliver a lecture on “Baseball and the Business of American Innocence” to mark the publication of his new co-edited (with Stephen Partridge) book, The Cambridge Companion to Baseball, on Apr. 19 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. … Continue reading
Privatize This?
In Privatize This? Assessing the Opportunities and Costs of Privatization, Boston College Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics Richard McGowan, SJ examines the ideology and motives behind the privatization or nationalization of an industry. Based on real-world case studies, ranging from … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics Dept, Jesuit author, privatization
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Cherishing the souls of Black folk
Michael Eric Dyson, a renowned scholar and cultural critic on issues of race, religion, popular culture, and contemporary issues in the African-American community, will give deliver an address on “Cherishing the Souls of Black Folk” on April 16. Dyson is the author of … Continue reading
Writer Colm Toibin
Award-winning author Colm Tóibín, considered one of the foremost Irish novelists of his generation, will speak on Apr. 14 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008. He is the author of six novels (Brooklyn, The South, The Heather Blazing, … Continue reading
Soldier-poet
Brian Turner is a soldier-poet whose debut book of poems, Here, Bullet, won the Beatrice Hawley Award, the Pen Center USA “Best in the West” award, the Poets Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. He will … Continue reading
Donnelly Prize
Boston College History Department faculty member Robert Savage, who also teaches in the University’s Irish Studies Program, was recently awarded the 2010 James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Best Book in History and Social Sciences for his book A Loss … Continue reading
Irish author Angela Bourke
Angela Bourke, author of The Burning of Bridget Cleary and Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker, will discuss her research with an undergraduate class that is opening up the presentation to the public. The “Irish Material Culture” class will … Continue reading
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from her works on April 7 at 6:00 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008, at an event sponsored by African and African Diaspora Studies Program. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, won the Commonwealth Writers’ … Continue reading
The immigrant and the War on Terror
How does the war on terror impact the lives of immigrants going about their daily lives? Author Amitava Kumar will discuss this and other questions in a lecture drawn from his book, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His … Continue reading
STM scholars pen book reviews
Two professors from the School of Theology and Ministry have book reviews in April 4 issue of America magazine. New Testament scholar Daniel Harrington, S.J., reviews Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, School of Theology & Ministry
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