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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Leaving Russia
Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, has published a powerful new memoir: Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story. In the first English-language, autobiographical and nonfictional account of growing up Jewish in the former USSR—of refuseniks and the Jewish exodus from Russia—Shrayer poignantly conveys the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of his family, which never lost hope for acceptance and a better life. A book launch for Leaving Russia will be held on Thursday, December 12 at 7 p.m. at the Brookline Booksmith. More in a news release from the Office of News & Public Affairs. Read an expert of Leaving Russia starting on page 41 of Baltic Worlds.
Spreading a love of reading
Alumna Robin Ryan, a best-selling author living in Washington state, has decided to spread her passion for reading by opening her community’s first Little Free Library. Resembling a large mailbox, a Little Free Library is a free community book-share where anyone can stop by and grab a book. When they’re done, they can either bring the book back, pass it on to a friend or keep it. Ryan has started her library by filling it with some of her favorite books, a combination of bestsellers, romance novels, dramas, children’s books and much more. “It’s a nice way to meet people in the community and spark a love of reading,” Ryan, author of 60 Seconds & Your Hired! and five other books, told her local newspaper.
All about hope
Boston College will host a book launch event for the new book Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment (Paulist Press, 2013) on Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Heights Room, Corcoran Commons. Edited by School of Theology and Ministry faculty members Rev. Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Hope addresses both the possibility that Christian hope offers and the capacity of hope to respond to the challenges that life presents. Each of the essays in Hope is authored by a faculty member in the School of Theology and Ministry. The book presents a theology of hope and as such offers a connection between the Christian tradition and the concrete circumstances of contemporary society in order to show the difference that hope can make. Joining the contributing editors at the book launch will be contributors Christopher R. Matthews and John R. Sachs, S.J. Sponsors: School of Theology and Ministry, Paulist Press, and The Church in the 21st Century Center.
Live from New York
Documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Matt Sienkiewicz, an assistant professor of communication, is co-editor (with Nick Marx and Ron Becker) of the new book Saturday Night Live and American TV. The book features essays that address issues ranging from race and gender to authorship and comedic performance, while following the 35-year history of the Emmy-winning show. “Success on television is all about balancing innovation with tradition — providing the audience with something new and current, but not so new that it feels totally unfamiliar. I would argue ‘SNL’ represents this as well as anything on TV,” says Sienkiewicz. “It’s a great chance to look at a single source and see how things like technology, economics, politics and social mores have shaped the medium of television.” Read an interview with Sienkiewicz in the Boston College Chronicle.
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