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Literary news from the Boston College community. Email BC-related book news to [email protected].

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'A Pair of Aces' by @BostonCollege grad Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray is the June 2026 pick for Reese Witherspoon’s popular book club. The new novel is the co-authors' third collaboration. https://t.co/Og7wLsbVUB via @KirkusReviews

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BC faculty members Nicole Eaton and Thomas Epstein take a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to teaching the classic 'War and Peace.' https://t.co/L4JRNPEcsg

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'Finding God Along the Way: Wisdom from the Ignatian Camino for Life at Home' is @BostonCollege graduate Christine Marie Eberle's account of her experience walking 300 miles in St. Ignatius' footsteps in Spain. https://t.co/4xhgvUBtgk

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In @BCBookmarks ➡️ Based on research, teaching, writing, and project-building, English Professor Veronica House explores ways to collaboratively build resilient local food systems and coalitions across disciplines and communities in her book. https://t.co/yqlOGPxIJh

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'Incidental Pollen,' a collection of poetry by @BostonCollege grad Ellen Austin-Li, explores the space between past and present, shame and redemption, and grief and resilience. https://t.co/6DmUfXSuz0

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Bestselling children’s book creators Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds (@BostonCollege Class of 1982) have published a new book in collaboration with the late Pope Francis: 'Our Treasures Within.' https://t.co/DVy4mMeAXu

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Sneak peek at 'Red Seal,' the forthcoming historical novel from @BCLAW graduate Rosa Kwon Easton about a mother and her son navigating displacement and identity across decades and three nations. https://t.co/bhPrDs27oW

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A new publication honors the scholarly contributions and legacy of @bcstm Professor Thomas H. Groome, a renowned Catholic religious educator and theologian who is retiring after 50 years.

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Reflection from @BostonCollege Prof. Marina Berzins McCoy: "Tiny pauses in the day to look back and appreciate where God has been in the everydayness of human relationships help me to find God even when I have little extended time to contemplate."
https://t.co/O0j3V4do2v

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In 'Local Organic: Food Rhetorics and Community Writing for Impact,' @BostonCollege faculty member Veronica House explores ways to collaboratively build resilient local food systems and coalitions across disciplines and communities. https://t.co/yGPnRfV612

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'A Shared Praxis: Renewing Religious Education' honors the scholarly contributions and legacy of @BostonCollege Professor Thomas Groome, a renowned Catholic religious educator and theologian. https://t.co/5aTjFwEhOQ

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In his book, 'Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs,' Richard Keeley, retired @BCCarrollSchool senior associate dean, brings urbanologist Jane Jacobs' thoughts on cities, nations, and economies into dialogue with today's urban challenges. https://t.co/zP6gFDrSSh

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Prof. Ray Madoff's new book "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code made an American Aristocracy" is one of 12 named to the 2026 Mass Book Awards Nonfiction Longlist! Awards will be announced in September and celebrated at the State House this fall. https://t.co/s0eHgjYPC4

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'Cotton Mather’s Curiosa Americana: Scientific Letters to the Royal Society,' co-edited by @BostonCollege doctoral student Andrew Juchno, is a collection of Mather’s transatlantic scientific discourse. https://t.co/GKiNFflyQ5

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Way to go, Tom!

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On Sunday, I ran my fourth World Marathon Major since my kidney transplant just two years ago—the London Marathon.

Now I’m only two marathons away—Berlin and Tokyo—from becoming the first kidney transplant recipient from the Americas to complete the six World Marathon Majors.

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In his new book, History Professor Michael Glass demonstrates how contemporary issues like the affordable housing crisis and school segregation have their origins in post-World War II suburbanization.

Read more in @BCBookmarks: https://t.co/mLGzpUO95j

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'Daughter of Egypt,' the latest novel from @BostonCollege grad Marie Benedict, is about an archaeologist's quest to find the tomb of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s lost pharaoh. https://t.co/48NXjfZW67

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.@BostonCollege faculty members Thomas Epstein and Nicole Eaton bring a fresh approach to teaching the Leo Tolstoy classic 'War and Peace.' https://t.co/wWXHo7oJPp

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In his book 'Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America', @BostonCollege historian Michael Glass explores how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities. https://t.co/fNEKjY8byM

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In @BCBookmarks ➡️ English Professor Lori Harrison-Kahan writes that female California writers played formative roles in Jewish American literary history in her book, "West of the Ghetto: Jewish Women, Old San Francisco, and American Literary Culture."
https://t.co/uKtel4zOQu