Author Archives: Ed Battistella

About Ed Battistella

Edwin Battistella’s latest book Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels was released by Oxford University Press in March of 2020.

Review of The Truth About English Grammar by Geoffrey K. Pullum

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Ed Battistella

The Truth About English Grammar by Geoffrey K. Pullum (Polity Press, 2024) Many years ago, I took a freshman course called English Grammar, taught by the Renaissance scholar Bridget Gellert Lyons. In that class, we read A Short Introduction to … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading: Mosley, Kuang, Gladwell

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosely By my count, Walter Mosely has written 17 Easy Rawlins mysteries (and another 15 featuring Socrates Fortlow, Leonid McGill, King Oliver and Fearless Jones). I try to read them all though may have missed a … Continue reading →

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Time, time, time is on my side

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Ed Battistella

If I could turn back time … Purely by luck, I’ve read three books on time travel recently. A friend recommended The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, my book group choose Stephen King’s 800-page 11/22/63 for its December read, … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading (Nov 2024)

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Ed Battistella

The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger I’m becoming Kreuger fan. In The River We Remember, he fashions a mystery (who killed the execrable Jimmy Quinn?), along with a period study of the fictional small town of Jewell, Minnesota, … Continue reading →

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