Kenyon in Dark Duets
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Who were the Molly Maguires?
In the Oxford University Press blog, Professor of History Kevin Kenny, who specializes in the history of migration and popular protest in the Atlantic world, lists ten factoids that can help readers better understand the Molly Maguires and their place in US history. Kenny is the author of Making Sense of the Molly Maguires. His other publications are: Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction, Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment, and The American Irish: A History.
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more on Leaving Russia
Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, the new memoir from Professor of Russian and English Maxim D. Shrayer, “poignantly captures [the] double life of [a] refusenik,” according to a review in the Jewish Journal. An excerpt was published by The Forward, and Shrayer discussed the work in a Q&A with the Russian-Jewish newsletter, The Soviet Samovar.
Spirituality for the family
Alumni Tim Muldoon, who works in Boston College’s Division of Mission and Ministry, and his wife, Sue, have published Six Sacred Rules for Families: A Spirituality for the Home (Ave Maria Press, 2013), which offers tips to parents to help them cultivate their children’s faith. Road-tested by their own three children, the rules are the product of Tim and Sue’s years of experience as parents and educators. Tim Muldoon is also the author of The Ignatian Workout and contributes to the online religion and spirituality website Patheos. He talks about the new book in the Boston College Chronicle.
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The best offerings from STM students
A new issue of the graduate academic journal of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Lumen et Vita, has been published. The e-journal presents research and reviews from the STM student body.
Honors for The End of the Point
The End of the Point by Boston College English Professor Elizabeth Graver has received a couple of end of the year honors, notably from Kirkus Reviews and the New York Times Book Review. Kirkus named the multigenerational story of the Porter family to its list of Best Historical Fiction of 2013. The New York Times editors named The End of the Point one of their 100 Notables Books of 2013.
Charity, a sacramental action
Author Gary A. Anderson will present “I Give, Therefore I Am: The Primacy of Charity in the Christian Life” on Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. in the Cadigan Alumni Center, Brighton Campus. Anderson, the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition (Yale University Press, 2013). Anderson is the president of the Catholic Biblical Association and author of the award-winning book Sin: A History. The Advent lecture is co-sponsored by the Church in the 21st Century Center and the School of Theology and Ministry.
Animals on parade
Alumna Molly Burke Hamilton, a former journalist, has written and illustrated Animals on Parade, a new children’s book of poetry about more than two dozen animals from cheetahs to zebras.
Piece of cake
A short story by author Michael C. Keith, a faculty member in the Communication Department, appears this month in Blue Hour Magazine. Keith has written more than 20 books, including Voices in the Purple Haze, Waves of Rancor, Dirty Discourse, the acclaimed memoir The Next Better Place, and most recently, Everything is Epic. His next book, forthcoming in March 2014, is a collection of stories titled The Collector of Tears. One of the stories is available for advance viewing on McStorytellers. Follow Keith on Twitter or check out his Collector of Tears facebook page.
Honors for The End of the Point
Congratulations to English Professor Elizabeth Graver whose novel The End of the Point was named to Kirkus’ list of Best Historical Fiction of 2013. The End of the Point earned a Kirkus Star, awarded to books of exceptional merit. Kirkus calls Graver’s multigenerational story “a lovely family portrait: elegiac yet contemporary, formal yet intimate.” Read the full book review.
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