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Winter S ring 2015 B OSTONIA ? Man y Americans ca ll e d the 9 / 11 hijackers and the Boston Marat h on b om b cowar s, wit h no c l earer f than the p hoto ac-companyin g this story o f a labor unions si g n a f tert h e attac k. Ch ris W a l s h ( GRS95,00 ) disa g rees, and h e can c l aim consi d era bl e c re d i b i l it y : h es written w h at h e sa y s is the first scholarl y b oo k on pusi ll animit y . His b oo k ar g ues t h at t h e mis- o f co war ha s c a e nor mous h arm t h rou gh out h istor y . But proper ly un d er-stoo d , Wa l h sa y s, t h e wor d a n d t h e i d ea b e h in d it are e ssentia l to promotin g et h - i ca l b e h avior . There are a lot of people who be - l ieve not on l y, as I d o, t h at es a g enius, but believe he is a fascinatin g and ex - traordinary g enius o f a certain kind, k s. t was interestin g to see S imon & Sc h uster easi ly convince d w hen the N emrows made the case f or h e b oo k to b e t h is size . Ric k s d escri b es t h eir d esi g n as in-s p ired and lauds their creation of a f ormat that allowed the three editors h e l yrics grap h ica ll y, wit h t h e r mes an d emp h asis true to t h e son g s as t h ey are h ear d . Do t h e ly rics stan d on t h eir own as poetr y ? Ric k s l i k ens t h e question to a sking whether it would be edifying for d on ly t h e screenp l a y o f C itizen Kane . Th e w o r ds in t h e m o vi e ar e te rri f- ica l l y g oo d , b ut t h ey on l y constitute p art o f the art that it is, he sa y s. It g to reduce it to its words . But if the words are rea ll y very, very g oo , t h en t h eres plenty of reward in them. Clearl y t h ere are t h in g s in S h a k espeare t h are a combination of what people sa y wit h t h e b o d y l an g ua g e t h ey use theres a kind of a vocal body lan g ua g ethat y ou f eel. P ressin g f ists to his chest or e ff ect, Ric k s cites w h at h e ca ll s t h e p sica l nature o f a verse f rom J ust Like a Woman: your l ong-time curse h urts, b ut w h ats worse, is t h is p ain in h I cant sta y in h ere Now t h ats d irect ly p sica l writ - in g , says Ric k We can l earn to h ear t h better if we com p rehend and a pp re - h en d t h e wor d s more assure dly or l ess a ssure dly w h en t h at is t h e b etter response, sa y s Ric k s, w h o exp l ainst h at one reason t h e b oo k is so b i g is that its g ot lots and lots of full f a son g . d wit h Dy l an, a son g may b eal te r ed wi t h d iff e r e n t in r u m e n t a - tion or different words durin g itslong life, to the point where it is lessa version o f a son g than a new son g Dylan likes to chan g stanzas or p l a y wit h pronouns, as in t h e Tan d Up in B l ue l ine t h at morp h s f rom I was laying in bed to he was l ayin in b e d , Ric k s exp l ains l an an d h is agents approve d b the text and the desi g n o f the book, andoffered an y material or information t h at Ric k s an d t h emrows nee d e d get it rig h t, t h ey say. B e y ond a reverence f or D y lan, the book reflects a p artnershi p born at BU, d a sh ar ed co mmi t m e n t to t im eless words and craftsmanshi p . A s Ric k s puts it, t h e on l y t h ing icta bl e a b out Un-G y ve is t h at its p re d icta bl e. But, our b oo k s are, , alwa y s made o f paperan d in k . Were tra d itiona l ists, Lis a Nemrow sa y s. Our e ff ort is to ensuret h at b oo k s t h at are su pp ose d to b e ma de a r e ma d e an d g et ma d e in t h eri gh t way. Book Asks: Are Terrorists Cowards?Chris Walsh breaks ground with C owardice: A Brie f History This sign, put up by the Boston Marathon bombings, spoke for many, Walsh writes. W a l s h a b out h is ex pl oration o f t h e use an d mi suse o f t h e p ro b l ematic wor How did you go about researching as unwieldy a topic as cowardice? I did it in an unwield y . It was m y dissertation back h e 9 0s. I a b an d one d it for ve years and went back to it [ in 2005 ] . The dissertation was h at one of my frien d s ca ll e d intellectually diapered, look- l ection of American ction and asking, what does it t e ll s t c o w a r d ? I d eci d if it were to b e a b oo wou h ave to l oo into h istory owardice: A Brief His - t or y , pu bl is h e d Princeton U niversity Press, b e g an as W a l s h s P h D d is sertation a t B He now d irects t h e C olle g e o Arts & Sciences W ritin g Pro g ram an d is a CAS assistant p ro f essor o f English . H is researc h pl um b e d d isci pl ines an d sources . These include fic- t ion suc h as Dantes Infern h ic h consi g ne d to h e ll ose sou l s too cowar dly to l ive li f e ull , and Stephen C ranes Civi l War nove l , he Red Badge of Courage. N on f iction in f ormed him, t ooin p articu l ar T h e E xecution of Private Slovik , a 1954 account of the titular W or ld W ar II so ld ier w h o was t h e ast American e xecuted f or desertion . B ostoni a s p o k e wit h M ICHAEL P. MONAHAN , BUSINESS MANAGER , LOCAL 103 , IBEW , BOSTON BOSTONIA Winter S p ring 201 5 REVIEWS i on and Poetr y Rachel DeWoskin ( GRS00)Viking B lind s o she could feel her wa y t h rou gh someone e l ses experience,her favorite part of both reading and g . From t h e moment we meet n int h -gra d er Emma Sas h a Si l ver, t h e writer succee d s in h avin g us seean d t h at is t h e correct wor d t h e wor ld as i t unfolds for, and confounds, someone h o h as l ost h er si gh at an age even t h e si g hted f ind di ff icult tonavigate. B l in d b y a ward a Fourth of Jul y part y ,Emma m ust le arn to hone her senses o f sme ll , h earin g , touc h , a nd memor y . She strains to hear, for e xam p le, the cold sounds of snow. h e narrative turns on t h e d rown - i ng deathmost likely a suicideo f a p o p u l ar c l assmate, an d t h e h eart - stopping crus h es, ten d er moments, a n d ran d om h umi l iations t h at i ll umi- n ate or further darken the strange n ew l an d sca p e into w h ic h Emma is c ast. Her mom sme ll s l i k e p asta an d lavender, while her dad has a halo o f mint an d ru bb in g a l co h o l . Gui d e d t h roug h t h e cacop h onous m aze o f hi g h school with the help o f her loyal, mischievous f riend, Lo g an, a n d h er companion d o g , Spar k , Emm a so ld iers on wit h h er cane, sung l asses, a nd a mixture o f f eist y determination, o ccasional self-pit y , and newfoundwis d om. Her year l on g conva l escence, d urin g w h ic h s h e atten d e d a sc h oo l f or the si g ht-impaired and learned b rai ll e, ma d e h er rea l ize t h at even I sta y ed on the couch without mov - i n g for fifty years, we would all stillget o ld an d d ie. In case getting bl in d e d h a d nt ma d e it c l ear, recoverin g tau gh t y small life didnt matter h e wor ld overa ll , w h ic h I d on t t h in k is somet h in g youre suppose d to un d erstan d unti l y oure o ld The first year of hi g h school is a m ine f ield f or ever y one, but as the stor y pro g resses Emma g ains a stren g t h Alumni Books d b ecome more p h i l o - so p hically informed and informe d b y psyc h o l ogy. I focuse d it [ b y] con - centratin g on the militar y context on t h e att e- eld. I argued that the archety p al home for thecowar was t h e mi l itary. d tons of Goo gl searches but I started h is b efore Goog l e ex- ed . T he r e w e r e that were models, es p e - cia ll y a b oo k ca ll e d T h Mystery of Courage [by William Ian Miller ]. Why does this topic The fear of cowardice a s l ed t o w a rs d all s o rts o f vi ole nc e t he fear of b eing [cowar dl or the fear of bein g b ran d it. LBJ was h ing dreams about being called a coward and d i d say, If I l eft t h [Vietnam] war , I would e c o nsi de r ed a c o w a r d an d my country wou ld be considered cowardl y , no b o d y wou ld anyt ing we d o again. The American histor y of cowar d ice starts in h e Frenc h an d In d War with a p reacher saying, T h ese Frenc h an d In d ians are k i ll ing o ur countr y men, an d you p eo p le in Virginiaare too cowar dl y to d oan y thin g about it. His s ermon , The Curse of C owar ice, got a b unc h o f people to join a com- p any, and they marched o n Fort Duquesne [ i modern Pittsbur g h] a n d th e Fr e nch sc u rri ed . Bu t t he Britis h au t ho ri-ti e s d i d n o t think m u ch o f t h e co l onia l so ld iers d t h oug h t t h em cow-ardl y come the 1770s, h en t h e co l onists startto re b e l You write that people misuse the word coward.Youve got t h at as tag WARDS from the n M a r a t bo in g , an d t h e wor d was wn n d a h e 9 / 11 attac k s a b out u nderstandable it was u se d b ecause , wit h out u an obscen - it y , we could lash out ars hl y as possi bl e. But I give a de o f cowar d ice, d rawing o n Aristot l e an d t h niform Code of Militar y Justice to d ay: t h e fai l ure d uty b ecause of exces- s ive fear. That means i ts h a r d t o s h o w th e 9 / 11 perpetrators werecowards. The y ma y have g uilt y of what I call th e cowar d ice of t h convictions , where t he y wouldnt reco g nize th ings t h at [mig h t] chan g e their views, be - cause the y were afraid of new i d eas of tentative- g . But I do nt think th a ts th e way most peop l e use d it. T he p roblem with using i t t h at way is it ma k es it s eem somet h ing vi ll ain- o us and spectacular, and th erefore cowar d ice h as ing to d o wit h and its not somethin g t n eed s t o inf o rm ou o wn e t h ic al de cisi o n- makin g . at mi l itary co d e [de nition] o ers a clear e. Much of the book is abou t ho w t he t erm has become less ap- p licable to war, because we now more a b out h man psyc h o l ogy, an d we htl attribute failures i n att e to t h ings k post-traumatic stress d is o r de r. Th e w o rl d wou b e a b etter p l ace if s ome people worried less g cowardl y . If o n l y LBJ was not worrie d about bein g cowardl y . The fear of cowardice has led to wars and all sorts of violence the fear of being [cowardly] or the fear of being branded it, says Walsh. ACKIE RICCIARD