Monthly Archives: June 2012

Kudos to our Spring Guest Speakers

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ed Battistella

The spring term has just about come to an end and I want to take a minute to thank our terrific History of Publishing guest lecturers this term. Each of them helped us to home in on what is going … Continue reading →

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Instant communication hurting artistic tendancies?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ed Battistella

As I sit here with my V8 considering what to write about for my very first blog post (I know, the lashes should be coming any minute now for being this late), I consider what I’ve done with the last … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Andelin’s interview with Dr. Warren Hedges of Southern Oregon University

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Dr. Warren Hedges grew up in Springfield, Missouri, in a very conservative town (John Ashcroft is from there; Jerry Falwell went to college there; Jimmy Swaggart & Jim Baker got called back there to be defrocked). This left Warren with a … Continue reading →

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‘Fictitious Dishes’ Captures the Essence of Classic Books Through Food Photography

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Ed Battistella

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/fictitious-dishes-food-literature_n_1587276.html Above is the link for an article which I came across in the Huffington Post recently. Basically, the article discusses how Dinah Fried’s new photography series, Fictitious Dishes, “embraces food as a means of transportation to the fictional worlds … Continue reading →

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