Monthly Archives: May 2013

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID CHURCHMAN

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Ed Battistella

David Churchman has been an infantry lieutenant, social worker, high school teacher, research associate at University of Southern California, and program officer at the National Science Foundation. He was a professor at California State University for 27 years where he … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Hester Kaplan, author of THE TELL

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Ed Battistella

Author Hester Kaplan’s latest book is THE TELL (HarperCollins 2013), a story of marriage, relationships, compulsion and culture. It’s the story of Mira and Owen, a couple whose marriage begins to founder after a charming former TV star named Wilton … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Ann Parker

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Ed Battistella

Writer Ann Parker’s award-winning Silver Rush series of historical mystery is set primarily in the 1880s silver boomtown of Leadville, Colorado. It features Silver Queen Saloon owner Inez Stannert—a woman with a mysterious past, a complicated present, and an uncertain … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ed Battistella

My colleague Kasey Mohammad is contributing a series of National Poetry Month blog posts at the National Poetry Foundation Harriet blog. The most recent pair of posts–here and here highlight Roman Jakobson’s theory of the functions and orientations of language. … Continue reading →

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