Category Archives: What People Are Reading

Curse the Names from Akashic Books

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Accepting the Army-Navy Excellence Award in 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer warmed that the time might come when “mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima.” Oppenheimer was warning of nuclear war. In Curse the Names (Akashic Books 2012), … Continue reading →

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Holiday Reads

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Ed Battistella

The fall term grades are in and now there’s a chance to catch up on some reading. I’m getting started on James Pennebaker’s The Secret Life of Pronouns (who knew?) and John McWhorter’s Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History … Continue reading →

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GoodReads, an Online Literary Salon

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Maureen Flanagan

GoodReads is a niche social sharing site for writers and readers. It’s a place for people who read.  There’s lots of fun features that make this site a great place to hang out. GoodReads has bibliographic records for published works with links … Continue reading →

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County Line

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I stayed up late last night reading Bill Cameron’s excellent noir tale County Line, which relies on his trademarked story within a story structure. The book features his Skin Kadash and Peter McKrall and explains the mysterious history of Ruby … Continue reading →

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