Memoir of an orphan boy
Boston College will host a book signing and reading by alumnus Steve Pemberton ’89, whose memoir, A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, tells the story of how a mixed-race, mistreated orphan living in foster care sought and found identity, family, and success. The book event is Mar. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Sponsored by Boston College Magazine with various co-sponsors. Steve’s book was highlighted by Bookmarks in September.
Hip Hop’s hold on young black women
A professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt University, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting will deliver a lecture related to her award-winning book Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women on Mar. 15 at 7: 30 p.m. in McGuinn 121. According to the publisher, Sharpley-Whiting, a feminist writer and a member of the hip hop generation, examines the complexities of young black women’s engagement with a culture that is masculinist, misogynistic, and frequently mystifying. Sponsor: Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Inaugural Pope John Paul II lecture
Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, a leading figure in Christian-Jewish dialogue worldwide, will present “Pope John Paul II on Christian-Jewish Relations: His Legacy, Our Challenges” on Mar. 1 at 5 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Fr. Pawlikowski is a Servite priest and professor of social ethics at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the CTU’s Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Center. He is the author of more than 15 books, including The Challenge of the Holocaust for Christian Theology, Christ in the Light of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue, Jesus and the Theology of Israel, Reinterpreting Revelation and Tradition: Jews and Christians in Conversation, Good and Evil after Auschwitz, and Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Sponsor: Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.
‘Rock star’ poet Billy Collins
Called “the most popular poet in America” by the New York Times, Billy Collins has published eight collections of poetry, including his most recent, Horoscopes for the Dead. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and The American Scholar. He served as U.S. Poet Laureate for 2001-2003. He is a winner of the Mark Twain Award from Poetry Foundation, which recognizes a poet’s contributions to humor in American poetry, among many other awards. He will speak at Gasson Hall, room 100 at 7 p.m. on Mar.1. Sponsor: Lowell Humanities Series.
Why be baptized?
Liturgical scholar John Baldovin, S.J., a professor in the School of Theology and Ministry, will discuss “Why Be Baptized in the Catholic Church?” on Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Fr. Baldovin is the author of the award-winning book Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics and Bread of Life, Cup of Salvation: Understanding the Mass. Sponsor: Church in the 21st Century Center.
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Book review: Over the Waterfall
Founders Professor of Theology James F. Keenan, S.J., has written a book review in America magazine of Over the Waterfall by fellow moral theologian Marilyn Martone, which details her journey caring and advocating for her brain-injured daughter. “The wisdom in these pages is not, however, the fruit of academic research alone; it is rather born from the reflective and sustained experience of a mother nursing and protecting her daughter with love, unwavering fidelity and hope,” he writes. “Over the Waterfall is unlike anything else Martone has written or I have ever read…filled with rich insights about the gift of a child and spiritual strength, about brain injury, brain development and health care advocacy.”
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