Author Archives: Bookworm
The gift of life
Tom O’Keefe, a 1995 Boston College graduate, has run the Boston Marathon five times. After noting a lack of diversity among the participants in various marathons and road races, he founded Stride for Stride, a non-profit organization dedicated to making … Continue reading
Growing up awkward in the ’80s
Fans of 1980s nostalgia and coming-of-age stories will find lots to like in Misfit (Flatiron Books/Macmillan, 2023), a memoir written by comedian Gary Gulman, who graduated from Boston College in 1993. In Misfit, Gulman takes readers through his school-age years, … Continue reading
Art and fragility in eighteenth-century France
Eighteenth-century France witnessed a proliferation of materially unstable art, from oil paintings that cracked within years of their creation to pastel portraits vulnerable to the slightest touch or vibration. A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth-Century France (Penn … Continue reading
The Troubles, grief, and trauma
Martin Doyle will discuss his new book, Dirty Linen: The Troubles In My Home Place (Merrion Press, 2023), at Boston College on April 3 at 5 p.m. in Connolly House. Dirty Linen is an intimate, personal history of the Northern … Continue reading
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Tagged nonfiction, Northern Ireland, The Troubles, trauma, violence
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Christ, Caesar, and the Gospel
“Jesus is lord, not Caesar.” Many scholars and preachers attribute mistreatment of early Christians by Roman authorities to this fundamental confessional conflict, according to D. Clint Burnett, author of Paul and Imperial Divine Honors: Christ, Caesar, and the Gospel (Eerdmans … Continue reading
The Shepherd’s Book of Visions
The Shepherd of Hermas (70–150 CE) is one of the oldest Christian writings and was enormously popular during the early centuries as a catechetical text used for moral formation. In her new book, Boston College Clough School of Theology and … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical studies, School of Theology & Ministry
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Accolades for ‘Kantika’
Professor of English Elizabeth Graver’s critically acclaimed novel, Kantika, is winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture. Kantika was inspired by Graver’s grandmother, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul and … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, historical fiction, Jewish history, novel, novelist
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Native kinship, institutionalization, and remembering
On March 21, historian Susan Burch, a professor of American studies at Middlebury College, will give a lecture connected to her most recent book, Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions (University of North Carolina Press, 2021). A co-founder … Continue reading
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Tagged Native American, U.S history
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Everyday objects in colonial Ireland
Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830 (Oxford University Press, 2024), written by BC Assistant Professor of English and Irish Studies Colleen Taylor, is the first book to apply new materialist theory to the critical study … Continue reading
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a brilliant battlefield commander who betrayed America in its darkest hour. Becoming Benedict Arnold: A Traitor’s Tale is a new book by Boston College graduate Stephen Yoch that tells how avarice, political intrigue, and love transformed a … Continue reading
