Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Who were the Molly Maguires?
In the Oxford University Press blog, Professor of History Kevin Kenny, who specializes in the history of migration and popular protest in the Atlantic world, lists ten factoids that can help readers better understand the Molly Maguires and their place … Continue reading
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Tagged History Department, Irish, migration, Pennsylvania
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more on Leaving Russia
Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, the new memoir from Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer, “poignantly captures [the] double life of [a] refusenik,” according to a review in the Jewish Journal. An excerpt was published by The Forward, … Continue reading
Spirituality for the family
Alumni Tim Muldoon, who works in Boston College’s Division of Mission and Ministry, and his wife, Sue, have published Six Sacred Rules for Families: A Spirituality for the Home (Ave Maria Press, 2013), which offers tips to parents to help … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Christianity, family, Mission and Ministry, parents, spirituality
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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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