Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Blogging

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Ed Battistella

The truth is that I’ve been thinking more about blogging than actually blogging.  Maybe it’s the word: blog.  Blog is a portmanteau of the words web and log; a combination of morphemes that lacks seriousness in my opinion.  Blogging doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Ryan W. Bradley and Artistically Declined Press

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Ryan W. Bradley is an author and book cover designer who currently works in the Southern Oregon University Bookstore as the shipping/receiving coordinator.  He spoke to the History of Publishing class on April 25, 2012, about how he creates book … Continue reading →

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Dying Words

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Ed Battistella

While wandering around the internet and the SOU library database, I stumbled across an article reporting that words are falling out of use faster than new words are being coined. Now, on its own, I might just overlook this report … Continue reading →

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A response to “The Internet, A Writer’s Dream…”

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Ed Battistella

What John Yunker from Ashland Creek Press said in class “If you can write and have something to say, you will do well in life,” resonated with me too.  I felt that it was more than a distant possibility that I … Continue reading →

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