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.

An Interview with Alice Hardesty

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Ed Battistella

Alice Hardesty is a poet and social activist living in Portland. She is also (as Alice H. Suter, Ph.D.) an audiologist specializing in the effects of noise on hearing. She has worked with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety … Continue reading →

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Literary Ashland Radio for September: Mary Maher

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Ed Battistella

This month’s guest on Literary Ashland Radio on KSKQ is Mary Z. Maher. She is professor emerita at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies, Actor Nicholas Pennell: Risking Enchantment, and Actors … Continue reading →

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An interview with M. J. Daspit

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Ed Battistella

M. J. Daspit is the author of the recently published Lucy Lied (Fireship Press, 2014), set in 1870s Monterey. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey, graduated from Cornell University and worked as the managing editor for The Writings of … Continue reading →

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Literary Ashland Radio Interviews Tod Davies

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Ed Battistella

Last week on the KSKQ radio version of “Literary Ashland” Michael Niemann and I interviewed Tod Davies. You can listen here. Tod Davies is the author of Snotty Saves the Day and Lily the Silent, both from The History of … Continue reading →

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