Author Archives: Bookworm
Listening to Latin America
Writer and radio producer Daniel Alarcón will present “Stories Everywhere: Listening to Latin America” at Boston College on February 28 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. Alarcón’s powerful narrative storytelling—in English and Spanish, fiction and nonfiction, print and audio—chronicles … Continue reading
Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad
Human rights activist Nadia Murad, a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, will be the featured speaker at the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics’ Clough Colloquium on February 22 in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Her memoir, … Continue reading
Joy Harjo: Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature
Award-winning poet, musician, and performer Joy Harjo will present “Indigenous Poetry and Native Literature” at Boston College on February 21 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Harjo was the first Native … Continue reading
Growing God
Emma—the little artist with a big dream first featured in the children’s book Drawing God—is back and looking for God in a whole new way in the book Growing God (Paraclete Press, 2024). Author Karen Kiefer, a Boston College graduate … Continue reading
Novelist Celeste Ng
Bestselling author Celeste Ng will give a talk on February 12 as part of Cornerstone Conversations for first-year students. Her appearance will take place in Gasson Hall 100 and begins at 7 p.m. Ng is the author of Little Fires … Continue reading
Age of Identity
BC Lynch School of Education and Human Development faculty members Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves, internationally recognized experts in the field of education, have collaborated on the new book, The Age of Identity: Who Do Our Kids Think They Are … Continue reading
Trapped in the dysfunction of another’s addiction
“A child’s home should be the safest place for them, but it’s not when you live with an erratic, active alcoholic,” writes Timothy Burke, whose new memoir, Milk and Whiskey On Logan Way, recounts his traumatic coming of age in … Continue reading
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Candlemas Lecture
Priest, theologian, and author James Alison will present the annual Candlemas Lecture at Boston College on February 7 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall 100. His talk, titled “Catholicity, Sacrifice, and Shame: Subverting Polarization in Our Contemporary Ecclesial and Political … Continue reading
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Academic excellence initiatives in higher ed
Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective (MIT Press, 2023) is a new book of case studies on the global phenomenon of academic excellence initiatives and how they shape the performance of research universities. Academic excellence initiatives (AEIs)—special government-sponsored … Continue reading
Roya Hakakian
Roya Hakakian, a writer whose work often deals with the topics of exile, displacement, political and religious persecution, and the struggle of people—especially women—against authoritarianism, will present “The Plight of Women in Israel and Iran, and the Silence of Feminists” … Continue reading
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