Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

An Interview with Amber Reed, author of Nostalgia After Apartheid

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Amber R. Reed is the author of Nostalgia after Apartheid: Disillusionment, Youth, and Democracy in South Africa, (Notre Dame Press, 2020), part of the Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development. She earned a BA in anthropology from Barnard College … Continue reading →

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Pacific Voices, 2014 -2019

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Pacific Voices, 2014 -2019 Edwin Battistella, Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck Progress report [12/2020] Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1 Challenges 2 1.2. Goals 3 1.3. Oregon and Washington 3 2. Pronunciation 5 2.1 The cot-caught Merger 5 2.2 Front vowels 7 2.3 Aaron … Continue reading →

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Susannah Perillat remembers Vaughn Davis Bornet

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Ed Battistella

“I tried to do the best with what I had.” Favorite Words- Erudite. Anyway. Dr. Vaughn Davis Bornet (VDB or Dr. B.) was born October 10th, 1917, and passed away peacefully, October 5th, 2020, five days before his 103rd birthday. … Continue reading →

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Daniel Alrick remembers Stephen Weiner

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Daniel Alrick is a graduate of the Professional Writing English program at Southern Oregon University and Chair of the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities. EB: Tell our readers a little bit about Stephen Weiner and his work. DA: Stephen Weiner … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Cara Black, author of Three Hours in Paris.

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 19 books in the Aimée Leduc series, which is set in Paris. From the California’s Bay Area, she travelled widely in Europe and Asia, studying Buddhism in Dharamsala in Northern India and … Continue reading →

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Grad School: An Interview with Dante Fumagalli

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Dante Fumagalli is a 2017 summa cum laude graduate of Southern Oregon University, with a double major in English and Art History. A member of the founding class of SOU’s Honors College, he was the 2017 student commencement speaker.  Ed … Continue reading →

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Grad School: An Interview with Kendall Meador

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Born in Lewiston, Idaho, Kendall Meador moved up and down the west coast before completing her BA in English at Southern Oregon University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in American literature at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. In … Continue reading →

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Grad School: An Interview with Alexis Noel Brooks

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Alexis Noel Brooks is a fiercely feminist learner, dog mom, graduate student, coffee addict, “novel in progress”ian, wannabe chef, t-crosser, i-dotter, and lover of all things writerly. After graduating from Southern Oregon University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Melanie Stormm

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Melanie Stormm is a poet and writer of short-fiction. Her novella, Last Poet of Wyrld’s End is available through Candlemark & Gleam. Her short story “A Mohawk Place for Souls” was a finalist for the Hamlin Garland Award for Short … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading 2020

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Ed Battistella

Summer reading 2020 What Fresh Hell is This? by Marion Meade I’ve been wanted to tackle this for a while – and Parker has been a fascination since I learned about the Algonquin Round Table. Meade brings DP alive in … Continue reading →

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