Category Archives: Boston College Authors
The best offerings from STM students
A new issue of the graduate academic journal of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Lumen et Vita, has been published. The e-journal presents research and reviews from the STM student body.
Honors for The End of the Point
The End of the Point by Boston College English Professor Elizabeth Graver has received a couple of end of the year honors, notably from Kirkus Reviews and the New York Times Book Review. Kirkus named the multigenerational story of the … Continue reading
Honors for The End of the Point
Congratulations to English Professor Elizabeth Graver whose novel The End of the Point was named to Kirkus’ list of Best Historical Fiction of 2013. The End of the Point earned a Kirkus Star, awarded to books of exceptional merit. Kirkus … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Cod, English Department, fiction
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Leaving Russia
Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, has published a powerful new memoir: Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story. In the first English-language, autobiographical and nonfictional account of growing up Jewish in the former USSR—of refuseniks and the … Continue reading
All about hope
Boston College will host a book launch event for the new book Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment (Paulist Press, 2013) on Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Heights Room, Corcoran Commons. Edited by School of Theology and Ministry faculty … Continue reading
Live from New York
Documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Matt Sienkiewicz, an assistant professor of communication, is co-editor (with Nick Marx and Ron Becker) of the new book Saturday Night Live and American TV. The book features essays that address issues ranging from race and … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Communication Department, media, satire, television
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Book awards for Easter
Professor of Political Science Gerald Easter has won two awards for his book, Capital, Coercion, and Postcommunist States, which examines divergent approaches to taxation among former East Bloc countries, and the subsequent political and economic impacts these had. Easter’s book … Continue reading
All about the Affordable Care Act
As the enrollment phase continues for the Affordable Care Act, a new book is coming out this month to help health care and legal professionals decipher what the law says, how it works, and what it requires. Health Care Reform: … Continue reading
A guide to moral terms
School of Theology and Ministry Professor of Moral Theology James Bretzke, SJ has published a new book, the Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms (Georgetown University Press), which offers concise definitions, historical context, and illustrations on more than 800 moral … Continue reading
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