Monthly Archives: September 2011

LIFE IS CRITICISM

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Thanks to the Jackson County Library Foundation for hosting New York Times critic at large Sam Anderson this week. And thanks to Sam Anderson for terrific presentation. Anderson talked about what criticism is and why it’s so important. Criticism, for … Continue reading →

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Our SPAM

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Ed Battistella

We here at Literary Ashland get a lot of comments, but 90% of them are SPAM. Since I moderate the comments, the spam doesn’t make it through to you. The spam is mostly incoherent jibberish with links back to the … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Literary Ashland?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ed Battistella

What’s new in Literary Ashland? It’s banned book week, of course, and you know what to do. New York Times’s critic Sam Anderson’s talk is coming up this Thursday at North Medford High. No banning Sam. It’s sponsored by the … Continue reading →

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Bill Cameron on Day One

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Portland novelist Bill Cameron writes sharp-edged and gritty mysteries set mostly in Portland (next to Chelsea Cain, he is Portland’s scariest writer). His recent book County Line was featured in the May issue of the Atlantic Monthly. His 2010 Day … Continue reading →

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