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.

What I’m Reading: October 2025 edition

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson An engaging sci-fi/murder mystery. The Logis, aliens from an advanced planet, have set up and embassy in New York and use specially-trained translators (from the Londson School of ). However, … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Kylan Mattias de Vries & Carey Jean Sojka

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Kylan Mattias de Vries is Professor and Co-chair of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Southern Oregon University. He has a PhD in Sociology from Southern Illinois University—Carbondale. His scholarly interests include inequalities, intersectionality, transgender studies, critical race studies, and … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading, September 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English by Ben Yagoda. For a time, Ben Yagoda maintained a blog called Not One-Off Britishisms (or NOOB https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/) in which he tracked British usages in the US. In Gobsmacked!, he collected many of … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading August 2025

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Ed Battistella

I’m a bit late this month! Red Hook and Londongrad by Reggie Nadelson These are part of a series featuring Artie Cohen, a noirish New York police detective whose father was a KGB officer. The series explore the Russian communities … Continue reading →

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