On the Trail of Harry Potter
With the final chapter of Harry Potter about to hit the big screen, Boston College Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Emerita Vera Lee has published On the Trail of Harry Potter, a literary analysis of all seven Harry Potter volumes. “Most studies that look at part or all of the series focus on aspects such as magic and fantasy, philosophy, morality, myth, religion or spirituality,” explains Lee. “But instead of trying to explain what J.K. Rowling created in Harry Potter, I wanted to demonstrate how she created it — and why, because of that, the series has been so successful.” Read more in the Boston College Chronicle.
“Master of the spiritual masters”
Boston College Theology Professor Emeritus and Jesuit priest Harvey Egan, who has been called the “master of the spiritual masters,” has published a book that reflects his 50 years of studying and teaching the Christian mystics. In Soundings in the Christian Mystical Tradition, Fr. Egan examines figures such as Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, Walter Hilton, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Francis de Sales, Edith Stein, Karl Rahner, Bernard Lonergan, Thomas Merton and Mother Teresa, among many others. Read more about the book and Fr. Egan, who is retiring from BC after 36 years on the faculty.
More God, Less Crime
James Q. Wilson, senior fellow at the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College, reviews More God, Less Crime by Byron R. Johnson for the Wall Street Journal. A Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and one of the nation’s most eminent and influential scholars, Wilson is author or co-author of fourteen books, including The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families, Moral Judgment, and The Moral Sense.
Doesn’t time fly?
Doesn’t Time Fly?, charts the history of Aer Lingus, the Irish state airline, on its 75th anniversary. Written by BC-Ireland Academic Director Mike Cronin, the book draws heavily on the company’s extensive archive of photographs, posters and advertisements, as well as the ephemera and memories of its staff. It chronicles the innovative ways in which Aer Lingus has met a plethora of challenges since 1936, and how it has always been able to adapt and transform itself.
Idea Hunter
Boston College Carroll School of Management Dean and BC alumnus Andy Boynton has co-authored a new book that challenges many of the assumptions about how great ideas— the kind that can boost careers, change organizations, and improve lives– are discovered. In The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen, Boynton and co-author Bill Fischer show that great ideas come to those who are in the habit of looking for them — all the time. The authors present a number of well-known idea hunters, ranging from Thomas Edison and Walt Disney to Warren Buffett and the Boston Beer Company’s Jim Koch. Listen and read more: Fox25/Boston | BC Chronicle | Inc.
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Cape Cod mystery
Hide and Seek: A Murder Mystery, a Kindle book by Boston College English Department faculty member Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield, has been dubbed “a psychologically suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat page-turner that weaves together strands of the major genres of crime fiction, from British detective puzzle to American hard-boiled whodunit, from old Miss Marple detective to Nancy Drew girl-sleuth, from scientist and doctor to patient, from priest to sinner.” Set on Cape Cod in the 1980s, Hide and Seek presents a murder mystery backwards, with the identity of the murderer known to readers.
More authors at the Arts Festival
Authors Janet Costa Bates and Erin Dionne will be featured Saturday during the Arts Festival. Dionne, a graduate from the Class of 1997, will read from her book, Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet. Bates, who works at BC’s Career Center, will read her children’s book Seaside Dream. Details.
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Arts Festival literary events
In addition to music, song and dance, the Boston College Arts Festival is a celebration of the literary arts. In the spotlight this year are senior English majors in the Creative Writing Concentration and faculty writers who will read their fiction, poetry or creative nonfiction. Faculty scheduled to appear are: Maxim D. Shrayer, John M. Anderson, Suzanne Matson, Elizabeth Graver, Carlo Rotella, Bob Chibka, Susana Roberts, Michael C. Keith, Paul Doherty and Christopher Boucher. A detailed schedule is available on the Arts Festival website.
Hogan at Arts Festival
Author and alumnus Chuck Hogan will return to campus this week to take part in the University’s annual Arts Festival, where he will be honored for his artistic achievement. Hogan is the author of several books, including Prince of Thieves, which was adapted into the film “The Town” starring Ben Affleck. Hogan will be interviewed for an event (Apr. 28, 4:30 p.m., Devlin Hall 101) called “Inside the BC Studio,” modeled after Bravo TV’s show “Inside the Actors Studio.” At 7 p.m. there will be a screening of “The Town” followed by a Q&A and book signing with Hogan. On Friday, Apr. 29, Hogan will discuss “Prince of Thieves and The Town: A Boston Crime Story as Novel and Movie” at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101 for the Lowell Humanities Series. For details, check out the Arts Festival website.
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