Literary Ashland – Michael Niemann: Recent Episodes
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It’s with a little bit of bitter sweetness that I post this episode of Literary Ashland Radio. The December 2020 show was our last show. Ed and I started Literary Ashland Radio in July 2014 as the audio spin-off to his long-running blog Literary Ashland. In the six-and-a-half years since, we’ve interviewed a host of … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Bobby Arellano"
Our November guest was Dr. Michael A. Rousell. He is a licensed psychologist and emeritus faculty member at Southern Oregon University. Rousell has a PhD in counseling from the University of Oregon and his teaching experience spans university graduate school to elementary education, and every level in between. His counseling background includes experience in sexual … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Dr. Michael Rousell"
Joe Peterson is a retired educator who has lived in Ashland, Oregon, for twenty-three years. He has taught history, political science and education courses at Southern Oregon University and has managed Teaching American History federal grants for Southern Oregon Education Service District. He has presented lectures for the Southern Oregon Historical Society’s “Windows in Time” … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Joe Peterson"
Our July 2020 guest was Jennifer Sherman Roberts, a writer, a writing teacher and the former president of the Josephine County Public Library Board. She holds a PhD in Early Modern Literature, from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities as well as degrees from Villanova University and the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Jennifer Sherman Roberts"
Our June 2020 guest on Literary Ashland was poet Zeke Hudson. Zeke started his academic career as an electrical engineer, but graduated from SOU in 2011 with a degree in creative writing and completed an MFA in poetry at Boise State University. He divides his time, unevenly, between technical writing for CU2.0 where he develops … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Zeke Hudson"
Our May 2020 guest was Amber McGee. Amber is a Creative Writing major and English minor at Southern Oregon University and winner of this year Outstanding English Minor award. She is a club officer for the Multi-Racial Student Union, Queer Student Union, and Creative Writing Club. Her previous writing experience includes being book columnist and … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Amber McGee"
Our April 2020 guests were Alma Rosa Alvarez and Michelle St. Romain Wilson. They just published a collaborative book of poetry entitled Promised Fruit. Alma Rosa is a professor of English at Southern Oregon University. Alma Rosa received her PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara. At SOU, she teaches U.S. Literature with … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Alma Rosa Alvarez and Michelle St. Romain Wilson"
Our March guests were Eileen Bobek and Marcella Bell of Rebel Heart Books in Jacksonville, Oregon. Since 2017, Rebel Heart Books has been an important presence in Jacksonville. As they state on the bookstore’s website: “Independent bookstores are not just physical spaces to house books. They anchor communities. They house real people and ideas, stories … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Rebel Heart Books"
The February 2020 edition of Literary Ashland was a little different from our usual routine. Given the uncertainty about the station’s new location, we didn’t invite any guest. Since both Ed and I have new books coming out this year, we decided to spend the half hour talking about them. For those of you who … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Ed Battistella and Michael Niemann"
Our January guest on Literary Ashland was Ryan Pfeil, a reporter and web editor for the Ashland Tidings and the Medford Tribune. Note: the audio file is incomplete, because I was late to the station, and didn’t get everything set up properly. That’s why the first minutes are missing. The recording was also cut off … Continue reading "Literary Ashland with Ryan Pfeil"