Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Let the kids play
In his new book Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety (Thesis/Penguin Random House, 2026), Research Professor of Psychology Peter Gray contends that adult overprotection is a large part of the reason children today struggle. … Continue reading
‘Jewish Voices from Around the World’
Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver is one of the contributors to Jewish Voices from Around the World – Tiles of a Mosaic (Vallentine Mitchell, 2026), an anthology of 18 stories that explore Jewish life, identity, and belonging across … Continue reading
Poetry from Suzanne Matson
The poems in As Creatures (Cloudbank Books, 2026), the newest volume of poetry from Boston College Professor of English Suzanne Matson, move across many years of time and memory, charting travels and life transition. They chronicle seismic shifts of loss, … Continue reading
Standing in solidarity with Jews
A new book from Kraft Family Professor and Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski explores implicit anti-Jewishness in Christian religious practices, from readings to hymns to educational materials. In Resisting Anti-Judaism: Practices of Christian Solidarity (Fortress Press, … Continue reading
U.S. Catholic schools
Nearly 1.7 million students are enrolled in Catholic schools in the United States. In The Playbook for Whole-Child Education in U.S. Catholic Schools (National Catholic Educational Association, 2025), the authors establish a … Continue reading
Quoth the Raven
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” a narrative poem about a grieving student mourning the death of his lost love—and his slow descent into madness after a mysterious talking bird visits him, was an immediate sensation and remains one of the … Continue reading
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‘Servants of the Mysteries’
BC Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor John Baldovin, S.J., presents a comprehensive Eucharistic theology of the ministerial priesthood as envisioned by the Second Vatican Council in his new book, Servants of the Mysteries (Liturgical Press, 2026). Fr. Baldovin has … Continue reading
The War on Terror
Boston College Assistant Professor of Communication Renée Pastel considers media representations of the “War on Terror,” notably films, television shows, and online videos, in her new book War in Pieces: “War on Terror” Media and the Fracturing of American Identity (Rutgers … Continue reading
A dog’s life
In the first book-length study that combines the history of Britain with animal studies, Boston College Professor of History Robin Fleming explores the social, cultural, and ritual histories of Roman Britain’s people through an investigation of their entanglements with dogs. … Continue reading
‘Untamed Unicorns’
In her new book, Untamed Unicorns: Why Startup Finance Is Broken and How to Fix It (Harvard University Press, 2026), Boston College Law School Professor Renée Jones delineates the harms that have come from deregulating venture capital financing and presents … Continue reading
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