The Collector of Tears
Prolific author Michael C. Keith, associate professor of the practice in the Communication Department, has published a collection of short stories titled The Collector of Tears (Underground Voices, 2014). Keith has written more than 20 books, including Voices in the Purple Haze, Waves of Rancor, Dirty Discourse, and the acclaimed memoir The Next Better Place. He is also the author of the most widely adopted textbook on radio. First published in 1986, The Radio Station is billed as a complete guide for beginning radio professionals to the internal workings of the soundcasting media, including broadcast, satellite and Internet radio. This year upon entering its ninth edition, the book will have Keith’s name as part of the title: Keith’s Radio Station.
A town upended
Award-winning author Suzanne Berne, a part-time faculty member in the English Department, has published a new book, The Dogs of Littlefield (Penguin: Fig Tree, 2013). According to the publisher, Berne’s latest novel is a “wry exploration of the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia.” Her other books include The Ghost at the Table and A Crime in the Neighborhood, which won the Orange Prize. Check out reviews of The Dogs of Littlefield from the Guardian and Daily Mail.
RIP Ann Murray Paige
The Boston Globe has published an appreciation of BC alumna Ann Murray Paige, author of pink tips: breast cancer advice from someone who’s been there, who passed away in March. In addition to her book, Paige co-wrote and starred in a one-woman show and founded a non-profit called Project Pink. Last year she was honored by Massachusetts General Hospital for her advocacy and education on behalf of cancer patients.
Book review by Fr. Imbelli
Father Robert Imbelli, associate professor emeritus of theology, has written a review for America magazine of Edward Short’s Newman and His Family. In the book, Short looks at 70 years of correspondences by Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman to his family. Fr. Imbelli calls Newman and His Family a “wise study.”
Whitey: Convicted
In their new book, Boston College alumna Margaret McLean and award-winning investigative reporter Jon Leiberman offer an insider’s view of the trial of notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. McLean, a former prosecutor and legal analyst, attended every day of the Bulger trial. Whitey on Trial (Forge Books, 2014) is based on trial testimony and interviews with cops, FBI agents, prosecutors and defense attorneys, and members of the jury that ultimately found Bulger guilty on 31 counts, including 11 murders. It also includes a letter from Bulger, which offers insight into his state of mind immediately following the verdict. McLean teaches law at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. McLean was interviewed about the book by the Patriot Ledger.
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Tagged Carroll School of Management, crime, legal case, nonfiction
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Mercy
Boston College will host Cardinal Walter Kasper, Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti, in Via Appia Nuova and president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, on May 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Cardinal Kasper is the author of the book Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life (Paulist Press, 2014). He will deliver a lecture on “The Message of Mercy and Its Importance Today.” Co-sponsors: School of Theology and Ministry and The Church in the 21st Century Center.
Looking at Boston Strong
A new book has been published by the Boston College Presidential Scholars Class of 2016 that examines what makes Boston Strong – and what is needed to make it stronger. The Heart of This City: Boston Strong and Becoming Stronger features interviews with victims of and witnesses to the bombings, as well as with people connected to Boston-based social services agencies, who all reflect on the Boston Strong message. The book opens with a letter from Boston Mayor (and BC alumnus) Marty Walsh and includes reflections on the marathon bombings, as well as sections on homelessness, health inequity, immigration and educational disparity in Boston. A number of BC faculty members also contributed to the book. For the Presidential Scholars, the message of The Heart of This City is simple: “We are members of the same city and we need to take care of one another.” More from the Boston College Chronicle.
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Tagged Boston, Boston Marathon, homelessness, Presidential Scholars, social justice
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Alice McDermott, astonished by love
Novelist Alice McDermott, winner of a National Book Award for Charming Billy, will speak on “Astonished by Love: Storytelling and the Sacramental Imagination” on Apr. 30 at 6 p.m. in Cadigan Center. McDermott is also the author of Someone, longlisted for a National Book Award, and After This and At Weddings and Wakes, both Pulitzer Prize finalists. She is the Richard A. Macksey Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Sponsors: The Church in the 21st Century Center and the English Department.
US Catholic recommends Hope
U.S. Catholic magazine recommends Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment, a book edited by School of Theology and Ministry faculty members Rev. Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid that features essays on the theology of hope from 16 STM faculty members. The collection of essays “truly feels like a dialogue,” according to the review by J. Peter Nixon. For more on the book, check out this Boston College Chronicle article.
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Tagged Christianity, Jesuit, School of Theology and Ministry, theology
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