Category Archives: Boston College Authors
New take on Henry James
In Henry James and the Queerness of Style, Boston College Associate Professor of English Kevin Ohi asserts that to read Henry James—particularly the late texts—is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary … Continue reading
CPA award for student
Boston College History Department doctoral student Peter Cajka has been awarded a first place prize from the Catholic Press Association for his article “Riding with Saint Paul in the Passenger Side: The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Enters the Automobile Age, 1920-1965,” … Continue reading
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Tagged automotive history, Catholic, history
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Dark humor
As the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, a new book—A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America—illustrates through a series of essays how humor transformed 9/11 politics and how 9/11 … Continue reading
CPA winner
Love One Another: Catholic Reflections on How to Sustain Marriages Today, a book co-edited by Boston College Assistant to the Vice President for University Mission & Ministry Tim Muldoon, has received a third place prize from the Catholic Press Association … Continue reading
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Tagged C21 Book, Catholic, Church in the 21st Century Center, marriage
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Pottermania
With the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” just days away, the Boston Globe and GateHouse News Service highlight a new book about the Harry Potter series by Boston College Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Emerita … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Potter, literary analysis, Romance Languages Dept
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Numbers 1,2,3,4
A prose poem by Boston College English Professor Elizabeth Graver – written about a photograph of an Arctic weather station – was selected to appear along with the photo in the current issue of Hayden’s Ferry Review.
Banish fear of public speaking
Boston College Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations John Feudo shares advice based upon a lifetime of speaking in public in his new book, I’d Rather Eat Live Spiders: A Definitive Guide to Becoming a Successful Speaker. In the book, … Continue reading
Calling collect
New Boston College School of Theology and Ministry alumna Heather Angell had her poem “Calling Collect” published in America magazine.
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Tagged poetry, School of Theology & Ministry
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Writers and boxing
Boston College English Professor and American Studies Director Carlo Rotella is featured, along with writers Jack London, H.L. Mencken, Mike Lupica, Joyce Carol Oates, George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, and many others, in At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing, a … Continue reading
On the Trail of Harry Potter
With the final chapter of Harry Potter about to hit the big screen, Boston College Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Emerita Vera Lee has published On the Trail of Harry Potter, a literary analysis of all seven Harry Potter volumes. … Continue reading
