Category Archives: Alumni Authors
Alumnus Larry Ruttman, inquisitive historian
For his book Intimate Conversations: Face to Face with Matchless Musicians (Torchflame Books, 2024), Boston College Law School graduate Larry Ruttman engaged with world-renowned musicians of the 21st century, discovering their influences and inspirations. Ruttman interviewed composers, conductors, vocalists, instrumentalists, … Continue reading
Educating for Justice
Schools have a vital role to play in readying the next generation to transform society. Educating for Justice (ASCD, 2025) describes school-wide structures and practices that prepare students at every grade level to challenge injustice and build a better world. … Continue reading
Bo the Boat
Boston College alumna Clare (Sweeney) Short, a pediatric speech-language pathologist, has published an interactive board book that supports early speech and language goals. With illustrations by Paula Rodriguez, Bo the Boat engages children with lyrical rhymes and adorable characters. Short … Continue reading
Let them
Bestselling author and award-winning podcaster Mel Robbins has written a new book that urges readers to focus on what you can control and release what you cannot. Robbins is a well-known expert on mindset, motivation, and behavior change. In The … Continue reading
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Your Time to Rise
Boston College graduate Arivee Vargas tapped into her personal experience as Latina who overcame limiting cultural and societal expectations for her new book Your Time to Rise: Unlearn Limiting Beliefs, Unlock Your Power, and Unleash Your Truest Self. In Your … Continue reading
History and adventure await
Michael Cloherty O’Connell, who earned a master’s degree from Boston College in 1998, is the author of two new books: Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt and Riley’s Treasure Chase. Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt is a memoir combined with an intricately crafted … Continue reading
Unjustly convicted
In his recently republished book, Justice Under God: How Faith, Hope, and Charity Freed an Innocent Man and Helped Save a Thousand Lives, Boston College Law School Adjunct Professor Christopher J. Muse, a retired Superior Court judge, chronicles his and … Continue reading
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Staging the Lyric
University of Dallas Assistant Professor of English Sarah Berry aims to explain the 21st-century resurgence of Anglophone verse drama in her new book, Staging the Lyric: Modern and Contemporary Experiments with Verse Drama (Bloomsbury, 2024). This modern verse drama differs … Continue reading
Inspired by her grandmother
White Mulberry is a new historical novel written by 1994 Boston College Law School graduate Rosa Kwon Easton. Inspired by the life of Easton’s grandmother, White Mulberry is a moving portrait of Miyoung, a young girl who leaves an impoverished … Continue reading
Catholic women preaching
Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church (Orbis Books, 2024) is the third installment of a series of books featuring homilies offered by Catholic women from around the world on the Gospel readings for Sundays and holy days. The … Continue reading
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