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.

Bill Cameron’s Accidental Series

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ed Battistella

When is a series not a series? Bill Cameron explains how his novels–Lost Dog, Chasing Smoke, Day One, and County Line–have moved back and forth around an ensemble of central characters.

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An Interview with Courtney Pondelick

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Courtney Pondelick is a Grants Pass native and a 2011 honors program graduate of Southern Oregon University. She’s worked as a manager at Bluestone Bakery, a student orientation leader, a journalist for the Siskiyou newspaper and the online magazine Cognito. … Continue reading →

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January’s Non-words of the Day

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ed Battistella

You can follow the Literary Ashland Non-word of the Day on Twitter (it’s easy). First, some words that I wished I could have used. I wanted to used haberdash as a verb meaning “to run after a hat that has … Continue reading →

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The American Dialect Society Word of the Year

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Tomorrow I’ll post the January roundup of the Literary Ashland Non-word of the Day. But first, for those of you that missed them, the American Dialect Society Word(s) of the Year for 2011. The American Dialect Society meets with the … Continue reading →

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