Category Archives: What People Are Reading

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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Summer Reading Update

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Ed Battistella

In an earlier post, I mentioned some of the books I’m looking forward to reading this summer. Here’s an update on my summer reading. The Pink Tarantula Want to spend an enjoyable week? Pick up Tim Wohlforth’s new book The … Continue reading →

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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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