Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

What I’m Reading January 2026

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Ed Battistella

The Language of Politics by David Beaver and Jason Stanley Around Christmas, I started reading The Politics of Language, by David Beaver (who has authored and coauthored books on semantic focus, logic and visual information, and dynamic semantics and Jason … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading November 2025

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Ed Battistella

The Index by Dennis Duncan A cheery and breezy history of the book, as seen from the index. A bit slow to start but lots of great book information. Clown Town by Mick Herron The latest in the adventures of … 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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