Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

An Interview with Amira Makansi, author of Literary Libations

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Amira K. Makansi is the author of LITERARY LIBATIONS: What to Drink With What You Read. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and spent her first few years out of college working in the vineyards in France. … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Tod Davies, author of Report to Megalopolis

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Ed Battistella

TOD DAVIES is the author of The History of Arcadia series: Snotty Saves the Day, Lily the Silent, The Lizard Princess and now Report to Megalopolis: The Post-modern Prometheus, which Kirkus Reviews called “A philosophical fable.” Tod Davies is also … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Sandra Scofield, author of THE LAST DRAFT: A Novelist’s Guide to Revision

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Sandra Scofield is the author of seven novels, including Beyond Deserving, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Chance to See Egypt, winner of a Best Fiction Prize from the Texas Institute of Letters. She has written a … Continue reading →

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Forensic Linguistics and Authorship Analysis, a guest post by Sierra Adams

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Sierra Adams is a senior at Southern Oregon University, where she studies English literature. Authorship analysis is a branch of forensic linguistics that can be used to solve court cases as well as identify authors like JK Rowling and (possibly) … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Malcolm Terence

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Malcolm Terence left his job as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times in the late 1960s and helped found a large hippie commune in the Klamath Mountains. He followed that with logging and reforestation work, setting up–and opposing–timber sales, … Continue reading →

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Snow Speech: The Evolving and Combatting Dialects of Ski and Snowboard Culture, a guest post by Brian Wood

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Brian Wood is an English major and skiing addict studying at SOU. His two great loves are prose and powder. Anyone who has found themselves on a ski lift listening to their neighbor describe how they[1] “sent it off a … Continue reading →

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An Overview of the Historical and Sociolinguistic Aspects of South African English, a guest post by Orianna Alter

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Orianna Alter, a junior at Southern Oregon University, is interested in languages and mathematics. She is of South African descent. South Africa, termed the “Rainbow Nation,” boasts a rich variety of climate zones, cultures, and ethnicities. Further diversity is reflected … Continue reading →

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An Interview with George Dohrmann, author of SUPERFANS

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer George Dohrmann graduated from Notre Dame in 1995 with a B.A. in American Studies and later earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco. He has worked at the Los Angeles Times, the … Continue reading →

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I’m Lovin’ It; But Should I Be? a guest post by Ethan Arlt

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Ethan Arlt is a graduate student in his first year of the Masters in Teaching program at SOU. He grew up in Southern California, and completed an undergrad degree in Business and Creative Writing at the University of Oregon. He … Continue reading →

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An Exit Interview with Bill Gholson

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Ed Battistella

Bill Gholson is from Hoopeston, Illinois. He graduated from Eureka College and came to Southern Oregon University in 1994, after completing a Master’s and PhD in English at the University of Oregon. A former high school English teacher, he has … Continue reading →

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