Monthly Archives: May 2011

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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Who Needs Newspapers?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Ashlanders Paul Steinle and Sara Brown are on a literary pilgrimage to answer the question Who Needs Newspapers? They have journalistic backgrounds—Sara was vice president of human resources at The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington and manager of organization development at … Continue reading →

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Paper idea and research

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Ed Battistella

The idea of literary censorship interests me. I didn’t really give it a second thought until recently, however. Sometime over the course of my studies at SOU, I had a professor who had recommended Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. I … Continue reading →

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Interview with Tod Davies on Publishing

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Tod Davies, the publisher at Exterminating Angel Press, has been kind enough to answer all my questions about the nitty gritty of the publishing business. These questions cover the basic elements and helped my find out what it was that … Continue reading →

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