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Canaday on Straight State

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Bookworm

Historian Margot Canaday will speak on her recent book The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America, winner of the 2010 Ellis W. Hawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians and the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for … Continue reading →

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The Master and Margarita

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Bookworm

Join the Newton College Book Club for an engaging discussion of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov at Alumni House, Newton Campus on April 4 at 7 p.m. Bulgakov’s posthumously published masterpiece of black magic and black humor restores its sliest digs and sharpest jabs at Stalin’s … Continue reading →

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Review: A Compassionate Life

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Bookworm

Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Professor of Moral Theology Thomas Massaro, S.J., reviews Karen Armstrong’s new book, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, for America magazine.

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New ebook from O’Har

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Bookworm

George O’Har, a faculty member in the English Department, has written a novel for Kindle called The Thousand Hour Club. According to O’Har, it’s “a story in which the main character, a gas-pumping drifter and college dropout, finds redemption after … Continue reading →

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Catholic Church & abuse crisis: a view from Ireland

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Bookworm

The Irish Times Religious Affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry will discuss child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church on Mar. 24 at 4 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101. McGarry’s work has been recognized with a National Media Award and the Templeton … Continue reading →

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Why Memoir?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Bookworm

BC Associate Professor of English Amy Boesky (pictured), English Dept. faculty member Suzanne Berne, and Joan Wickersham—three authors of recent memoirs—discuss the complications and possibilities of the form, and how their own thinking about memoir evolved during the writing of … Continue reading →

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Novelist Chang-rae Lee

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Bookworm

Novelist Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker,  A Gesture Life,  Aloft, and The Surrendered, will speak on Mar. 22 at 7 p.m. in Murray Function Room. His novels have won numerous awards and citations, including the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the … Continue reading →

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Iran and the U.S.

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Bookworm

Barbara Slavin, an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation, will speak at on Mar. 16 at 5 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008.  A … Continue reading →

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Faith and wealth

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Bookworm

Boston College Professor of Sociology Paul Schervish, an expert on affluence, charitable giving and spirituality, has co-written (with Keith Whitaker) a new book titled Wealth and the Will of God: Discerning the Use of Riches in the Service of Ultimate … Continue reading →

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Feminized majority

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Bookworm

BC alumna Katherine Adam (Class of 2007) had her senior thesis published as book — a rare feat for an undergraduate project. On March 15, Adam will return to campus to discuss her book, The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats … Continue reading →

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