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Life with a genetic disorder
A thought-provoking collection of 16 essays—edited by Boston College Associate Professor of English Amy Boesky—offers first-hand, powerful accounts of life with genetic disorders. In The Story Within: Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), contributors shed light … Continue reading
Digital Dubliners
Joseph Nugent of BC’s English Department will talk about his digital humanities project, Digital Dubliners, at an A&S Dean’s Colloquium on Feb. 24 starting at 4:30 p.m. in the O’Neill Library Reading Room. Designed and created by students in Nugent’s … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, Ireland, James Joyce, joycean
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Graver on writing & teaching
Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver, the author of several books, including The End of the Point and Unravelling, was among a group of English professors/authors recently polled on what they love about teaching and writing. Graver said her favorite moments … Continue reading
Mapping the invisible nature of theater
Meditations on those entities that a theater audience doesn’t see—and their significance—are offered by Boston College Associate Professor of English Andrew Sofer in Dark Matter: Invisibility in Drama, Theater, and Performance (University of Michigan Press). In mapping the invisible dimension … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Cod, English Department, fiction
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Who made the Dean’s List?
Boston College Vice President Father William B. Neenan, SJ, has released his annual “Dean’s List” of recommended reading. The 2013-14 list has four new titles: Last Friends by Jane Gardam; The End of the Point by Professor of English Elizabeth Graver; … Continue reading
Graver on National Book Award longlist
Congratulations to Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver who has been named to the longlist for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction for her novel, The End of the Point (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers). The End of the Point follows … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, fiction, National Book Award
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Looking at a generation of Asian-American writers
In his new book, The Children of 1965: On Writing, and Not Writing, as an Asian American (Duke University Press Books, 2013), Boston College Associate Professor of English Min Hyoung Song focuses on the works by emerging Asian American authors … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American writers, English Department, immigration
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Summer on the Cape
Novelist Elizabeth Graver, a professor of English at Boston College, will talk about her new book, The End of The Point, at the Falmouth Public Library on June 25 at 7 p.m. The End of the Point is set in … Continue reading
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