Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Summer Reading Update II: Snotty, City of Dragons, Um, and Tillamook 1952

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Snotty Saves the Day Imagine if your name were Snotty. What kind of a kid would you be? In Tod Davies’s fictional world Snotty is an “ugly boy,” inside and out. Snotty’s from Megalopolis, and he’s the kind of city … Continue reading →

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Young Adult Literature isn’t What You Think

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Ed Battistella

A guest post by Jennifer Marcellus The genre people enjoy shouldn’t determine whether or not others consider them intelligent. I always try to keep an open mind when people tell me they like a book or genre I don’t. Adults, … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Lisa Brackmann

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Lisa Brackmann’s debut novel, Rock Paper Tiger, (Soho, 2010) sets an ex-military expat on the margins of the Chinese art world. The New York Times said it “gets off to a fast start and never lets up.” Rock Paper Tiger … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Carola Dunn

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Carola Dunn was born in London and grew up in the village of Jordans, (where William Penn is buried), and attended Friend’s School, Saffron Walden. She graduated from Manchester University, moved to Southern California–by way of Fiji–and has lived in … Continue reading →

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