Category Archives: What People Are Reading

An Interview with Tim Maleeny, author of Hanging the Devil

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Tim Maleeny is author of the award-winning Cape Weathers series of mysteries (Greasing the Piñata, Beating the Babushka, Stealing the Dragon, Boxing the Octopus and now Hanging the Devil) and the standalone thriller Jump. A New Jersey native, he grew … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Lt. Colonel Stan Luther

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Stanley R. “Stan” Luther, grew up in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Idaho during the era of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. He joined the US Navy during World War II and later joined the Air Force to become a … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Ed Battistella

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby Just discovered S.A. Cosby. All the Sinners Bleed is a fast-paced story of an African America ex-FBI agent turned sheriff. Titus Crown has moved to his hometown in rural eastern Virginia. A … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Christina Ward, author of Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat—An American History

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Ed Battistella

Christina Ward is an independent cultural historian of food and food history, exploring what we eat and why we eat it. She is the author of American Advertising Cookbooks-How Corporations Taught Us To Love, Spam, Bananas, and Jell-O, and Preservation-The … Continue reading →

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