Murder on the Outer Banks
Boston College alumna Kathryn O’Sullivan has published a new mystery novel, Murder on the Hoof (St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur, 2014). It is a sequel to her novel Foal Play, which was awarded the St. Martin’s Minotaur/Malice Domestic Best Traditional Mystery Novel prize. Like Foal Play, Murder on the Hoof is set in the Outer Banks village of Corolla, North Carolina and features Fire Chief Colleen McCabe. O’Sullivan, an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and costume designer, is a theater professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Publishers Weekly review.
Vulnerability as a virtue
In her newest book, Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2013), Boston College Associate Professor of Philosophy Marina Berzins McCoy examines ways in which Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy can lead readers to consider their own vulnerability and to engage compassionately in the vulnerability of others. McCoy also blogs and teaches in the University’s PULSE program. Listen to an interview with McCoy by Jonas Barciauskas of BC Libraries.
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Southwest art
Alumna Margaret Moore Booker, who studied art history as an undergraduate at Boston College, is the author of the award-winning book, Southwest Art Defined: An Illustrated Guide (Rio Nuevo Publishers). The volume is an illustrated reference guide to Southwestern art and culture filled with extensive research and color photos of both Native American and Hispano culture and art. Last month, Booker was honored with Ralph Emerson Twitchell Award, presented by the Historical Society of New Mexico to the person responsible for a significant publication or outstanding arts contribution relating to New Mexico history. Booker was a recipient of a previous Twitchell Award for her earlier work The Santa Fe House about traditional adobe architecture. In an interview with the Santa Fe Reporter, Booker says she fell in love with Santa Fe on a Georgia O’Keeffe pilgrimage. Read more.
Irregulars
Boston College alumnus Kevin McCarthy is the author of two historical fiction novels published in Ireland. Peeler (Mercier Press, 2010) was selected by the Irish Times as one of its Top Ten Thrillers of 2010 and by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a Read of the Year 2010. His newest novel Irregulars (New Island Books, 2013), continues the Sean O’Keefe crime series set in the 1920s. Irregulars was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year 2013 and named to the Top Ten Crime Fiction Reads listing for 2013 by Kirkus Reviews. RTE review | The Irish Story review
Herzlich has “What It Takes”
Super Bowl champion and former Boston College football star Mark Herzlich has written (with Isaac Eger) What It Takes: Fighting For My Life and My Love of the Game (NAL/Penguin, 2014), a new book that tells his story from his childhood to his cancer fight to his dream come true of playing professional football. His dream was put into serious jeopardy when he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, while playing for the BC Eagles. Doctors put his odds of survival as low as fifteen percent—and no one thought he would be able to run, much less play, again. But, Herzlich returned to the game of football. Told with candor and raw emotion, Herzlich’s story is for anyone who has ever fought to beat the odds, for anyone who has ever been told that what they are about to attempt is next to impossible. Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin provides the foreword for the book. Read an excerpt published in the NY Post. Follow Herzlich on Twitter or Facebook for news about his book tour and upcoming book signings. He will be signing books at Boston College May 31 at 10:30 a.m. in Yawkey Center, Murray Room.
In Memoriam: Maya Angelou
Acclaimed poet, author and actress Maya Angelou, who died today at age 86, made several appearances at Boston College over the course of her legendary career. In 1983, the University awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. She gave a talk at St. Ignatius Church shortly after reading one of her poems at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993. She spoke at Robsham Theater as part of BC’s Lowell Humanities Series in 1984. According to records kept at BC’s Burns Library, Humanities Series Director Father Francis Sweeney, SJ wrote in a letter to Angelou after her appearance that scarcely could he recall any lecturer who so “touched and delighted the audience.” “Without using superlatives”, he wrote, “it would be difficult to comment on your [Angelou’s] reading.” Never, to his recollection, had the audience so thundered applause during the course of “four standing ovations”, which was “without precedent in the 28 year history of the Humanities Series.” (Photo of Maya Angelou at Robsham Theater, Mar. 15, 1984.)
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