Author Archives: Bookworm
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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Tagged addiction, alcoholism, memoir, School of Social Work
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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
Auschwitz and Absolution
In the face of his 1947 execution, Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz, met with Polish Jesuit priest Wladyslaw Lohn, S.J. Höss made a confession to Fr. Lohn for approximately four hours, and received absolution. The new book, Auschwitz … Continue reading
Is Hemingway her father?
The Wildest Sun (Dutton/Penguin Random House, 2023), a new novel from bestselling author Asha Lemmie, follows the story of Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, who embarks on a journey to find the father she has … Continue reading
A father and son above the fire
Above the Fire (Blackstone Publishing, 2023), the debut novel from Boston College Law School graduate Michael O’Donnell, tells the story of Doug, a widower, and his 7-year-old son, Tim, who find themselves tested by nature and the unknown in an unexpected … Continue reading
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Women, vengeance, and justice
Emmy-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Flock examines how three women used violence and lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them—government, police, courts—failed to do so. Flock’s new book The Furies: Women, Vengeance, … Continue reading
