Category Archives: What People Are Reading

An Interview with Mary Z. Maher and Alan Armstrong

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Ed Battistella

In their just-released book Oregon Shakespeare Festival Actors: Telling the Story, Mary Z. Maher and Alan Armstrong interview a baker’s dozen Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors talking about their process and telling some behind the scene stories as well. Mary Z. … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Michael Baughman

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Ed Battistella

Michael Baughman, a freelance writer, has contributed to Evergreen Review, Sports Illustrated, National Wildlife, Honolulu Magazine, and many other publications. He is an emeritus professor of English at southern Oregon University and the author of Boat: A Memoir of Friendship … Continue reading →

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Summer 2014 — what are you reading?

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Ed Battistella

This summer I’m planning on catching up on some reading: Tod Davies’s Jam Today, Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered, a bunch of books by Megan Abbot and Wallace Stroby and whatever is new from John Sanford and James … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Peter Laufer

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Ed Battistella

Peter Laufer is a journalist, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker and he holds the James Wallace Chair in Journalism at the University of Oregon. He is the author of 20 books on such topics as the media, immigration, natural history, and … Continue reading →

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