Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Time, time, time is on my side

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Ed Battistella

If I could turn back time … Purely by luck, I’ve read three books on time travel recently. A friend recommended The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, my book group choose Stephen King’s 800-page 11/22/63 for its December read, … Continue reading →

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Dogwhistles and Figleaves

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Ed Battistella

A while ago, I reviewed Jennifer Mather Saul’s Dogwhistles and Figleaves (Oxford UP, 2024) for Choice. It occurred to me that the timeliness of the book warranted a longer discussion and this it. Saul is a philosopher at the University … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Ed Battistella

Clete by James Lee Burke I’m a big James Lee Burke fan—he’s one of the few writers that I buy in hardcover and this book, the 24th in the Dave Robicheaux-New Iberia series cemented his spot at the top of … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Victor Lodato, author of Honey

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Ed Battistella

Victor Lodato is a novelist, playwright, and poet. His first novel, Mathilda Savitch, was called “a Salingeresque wonder” by The New York Times and won the PEN USA Award for Fiction. Victor’s second novel, Edgar and Lucy, was called “a … Continue reading →

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