Category Archives: Guest Authors
The BC-Tom Clancy connection
The late author Tom Clancy often referenced Boston College in his best-selling military thrillers. His fictional hero Jack Ryan, who debuted in The Hunt for Red October, was a graduate of Boston College. Clancy, himself a product of Jesuit education, … Continue reading
Fiction and the biggest question
Author and book critic James Wood will present “Why? Fiction and the Biggest Question” on Sept. 25 in Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. Wood is a staff writer and book critic at The New Yorker. His critical essays have … Continue reading
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Gustave Courbet
Visitors to the exclusive exhibition, “Courbet: Mapping Realism” which opens this weekend at BC’s McMullen Museum of Art, can gain additional insights into its subject–realist movement leader Gustave Courbet, one of France’s most prolific and innovative painters–via an accompanying volume … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, Fine Arts Department, France, McMullen Museum of Art
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Dream bigger
Members of the Class of 2017 have been asked to read Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary (Broadway Books). The book recounts the story and vision of Manchester Bidwell … Continue reading
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue, will speak at Boston College on Apr. 17 at 7 p.m. in Yawkey Center. Chabon’s earlier works include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won … Continue reading
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The Francona years
Award-winning sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe will sign copies of his new book, Francona: The Red Sox Years, on Apr. 16 from 6-8 p.m. at the McElroy Commons Bookstore. The book, written with former Boston Red Sox … Continue reading
Poetry fest
Students representing 26 colleges and universities, including Boston College junior Helen Spica, will share their original poetry at the annual Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival on April 11 in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Function Room. Irish poet Peter Fallon will … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, poetry
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A caregiver’s perspective
Writer and CBS This Morning contributor Lee Woodruff will discuss how caregivers cope during a crisis at the Connell School of Nursing’s Pinnacle Lecture on April 10 at 5 p.m. in Yawkey Center. Woodruff is the co-author of In an Instant: … Continue reading
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Tagged caregiver, Connell School of Nursing, nursing, traumatic brain injury
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Catholics & Jews
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), historian John Connelly will present “How the Catholic Church Overcame its own Theology and Discovered that God Loves the Jews” at 2 p.m. on Apr. 7 in McGuinn Auditorium. Connelly is the … Continue reading
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What the letters reveal
The Center for Irish Programs at Boston College will host a book event for His Grace is Displeased, Selected Correspondence of John Charles McQuaid. One of the book’s editors, Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh, will speak at the event, which will held … Continue reading
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