Category Archives: What People Are Reading

Summer reading 2011

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I’m not teaching this summer and plan to catch up on some reading. We’ll see how far I get. There’s no place in Ashland for real beach reading, but plenty of coffeeshops and other venues. My other summer projects are … Continue reading →

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What will we do without Oprah!?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Ed Battistella

As I’m sure we all know, Oprah is leaving our daily talk show lives for good. Well, at least The Oprah Winfrey Show is and with it goes the Oprah Book Club. I admittedly have never watched an episode of … Continue reading →

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Orson Scott Card

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ed Battistella

This post doesn’t really have anything to do with the class, but it does have to do with writers. Sort of. This weekend, I was reading a collection of short stories by Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender’s Game, … Continue reading →

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