Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

An Interview with Michael Rousell, author of THE POWER OF SURPRISE

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Dr. Michael A. Rousell is a teacher, psychologist, and professor emeritus at Southern Oregon University. Rousell studied life-changing events for over three decades and established his expertise by writing the internationally successful book Sudden Influence: How Spontaneous Events Shape Our … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Margaret Perrow, author of A Hidden History of Youth Development in South Africa

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Dr. Margaret Perrow is Professor of English and English Education at Southern Oregon University, where she has taught since 2006. She has a BA from Yale University and an MA and PhD in Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education from … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Margalit Fox, author of The Confidence Men

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Margalit Fox is the author of three previous books: Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind (Simon & Schuster, 2007); The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2013), which received the William Saroyan Prize for … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Nicole Walker, author of Processed Meat

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Ed Battistella

NICOLE WALKER’s books include After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet and Sustainability: A Love Story and Quench Your Thirst with Salt. Her work has been published in Orion, Boston Review, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, and The Normal School and … Continue reading →

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