In his new book Becoming George Washington (Wise Ink Creative Publishing, 2015), BC alumnus Steve Yoch tells the story of how an insecure, fatherless boy rises to become one of the country’s founding fathers. Becoming George Washington follows Washington through the French & Indian War, and explores his complex relationships with his mother and brothers. Yoch, an attorney, is working on his next book, which will be about Benedict Arnold. Read an interview with Yoch.
Becoming Washington
The Abbey from Fr. Martin
James Martin, SJ, a Jesuit priest and best-selling author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, has published his first novel, The Abbey (HarperOne, 2015). The story is about three people (a divorced woman dealing with the death of her son, a former architect and an abbot) seeking direction, and the power of God to bring healing and wholeness to those who are lost. Fr. Martin is a graduate of the former Weston Jesuit School of Theology, which re-affiliated with Boston College to become BC’s School of Theology and Ministry. Listen to an interview with Fr. Martin from America Media.
Way Down in Louisiana
Way Down in Louisiana: Clifton Chenier, Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop Music (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2015) is a collection of profiles of musicians from Cajun and Creole country, a place where tradition and innovation rub against one another from the kitchen to the festival stage. The new book is written by Boston College alumnus Todd Mouton who has more than 20 years experience as a writer, non-profit arts executive and producer of concerts, events, records and radio programs. An advocate for the artists and culture of his home state of Louisiana, Mouton has been honored with the Louisiana Governor’s Arts Award and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. With Clifton Chenier’s life and career as the centerpiece, Way Down in Louisiana tells the story of some of the most innovative forces in music. More
“The medium is the message”
James C. Morrison, a faculty member in the Communication Department, has contributed a chapter to the book, Baby Boomers and Popular Culture: An Inquiry into America’s Most Powerful Generation (Praeger). His chapter is titled “Marshall McLuhan and the Making of a Countercultural Generation.” Learn more via this interview with Morrison by Leslie Homzie of Boston College Libraries.
Shakespeare
The Australian, Australia’s largest-selling national paper, has named Shakespeare, Not Stirred as one of the best books of 2015. The book is co-authored by BC Associate Professor of English Caroline Bicks and Michelle Ephraim. The book has generated buzz as the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death approaches in 2016. Read more in the Wall Street Journal.[See the 9/2/15 BC Bookmarks for more on Shakespeare, Not Stirred.]
Franck Salameh
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies Franck Salameh gave a book talk at the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School on his latest work, Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” (Lexington Books, 2015). Present at the book talk was Virginie Corm, the daughter of his biography subject. Watch the book talk. [See the 7/30/15 BC Bookmarks for more on this book.]
Lykes named co-editor of journal
Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice Associate Director M. Brinton Lykes, a professor of community-cultural psychology in the Lynch School of Education, has been named co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Transitional Justice. The journal publishes high quality refereed articles in the field of transitional justice, which it defines as “the study of those strategies employed by states and international institutions to deal with a legacy of human rights abuses, and to effect social reconstruction in the wake of widespread violence.” In selecting Lykes for the position, the journal cited her transitional justice work, specifically in regard to the sexual violence against Mayan women in contexts of armed conflict and post-conflict transitions, and their struggles for truth, justice, healing, and reparations, and human rights violations related to migration, including deportation, focusing on their effects on women and children. Boston College will serve as the journal’s institutional home for the next five years, supported by the CHRIJ and the Lynch School. More from the CHRIJ.
Jesuit authors
Books written by two Jesuit authors have recently been reviewed in leading Catholic magazines. University Ethics: How Colleges Can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics by Canisius Professor James F. Keenan, SJ was reviewed in US Catholic magazine. Fr. Keenan is the director of the Jesuit Institute at BC. The Catholic Church and Argentina’s Dirty War by Sociology Assistant Professor Gustavo Morello, SJ was reviewed in Commonweal. Boston College Libraries has posted interviews with Fr. Morello and Fr. Keenan where each talks about his book.
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