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Literary Ashland with Erik Palmer and Caroline Cabral

Our guests for the October edition of Literary Ashland were Dr. Erik Palmer, chair of the communications department at SOU, and Caroline Cabral, Editor in Chief of The Siskiyou, the Voice of SOU Students.

Erik is a Digital First educator who helps students learn, think and be better with new technologies. In his most recent scholarly work, he has explored changes in the culture and politics of image-making motivated by the emergence of visual social media platforms such as Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Caroline has worked both in online media, like The Siskiyou, and traditional news outlets, like the Klamath Falls Herald and News.

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Blog Tour: The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn

What’s it about?

English professor Lila Maclean knew drama would be involved when she agreed to consult on Stonedale University’s production of Puzzled: The Musical. But she didn’t expect to find herself cast into such chaos: the incomprehensible play is a disaster, the crumbling theater appears to be haunted, and, before long, murder takes center stage.

The show must go on—yet as they speed toward opening night, it becomes clear that other members of the company may be targeted as well. Lila searches for answers while contending with a tenacious historical society, an eccentric playwright, an unsettling psychic, an enigmatic apparition, and a paranormal search squad. With all of this in play, will she be able to identify who killed her colleague…or will it soon be curtains for Lila too? Continue reading “Blog Tour: The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn”

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Blog Tour: Snowbound by Maria Alexander

What’s it about?

Kidnapped by his father, Aidan MacNichol returns home to a terrifying ice fortress in the Arctic Ocean. His dying father makes Aidan a deal: if Aidan finds a mysterious healing agent beneath the fortress, he’s free to leave. Aidan sets out on the perilous journey for the cure, but finds the cost is far greater than he could possibly imagine. Meanwhile, Charity Jones leads her friends on an armed, high-tech expedition to the Arctic coordinates she’s seen in her dreams. Their mission: to kill Krampus and save Aidan. But when Charity discovers Aidan’s shocking fate, she makes a mistake that starts the countdown to apocalypse. Can Charity and her team stop the clock? Or will humanity pay the ultimate price?

Be aware that this book is the second in a series and having read the first book will definitely help. Continue reading “Blog Tour: Snowbound by Maria Alexander”

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Blog Tour: Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang

What’s it about?

This near-future science fiction thriller features a mercenary whose genius level math prowess gives her superhuman abilities: taking down men twice her size and dodging not just fists, but bullets, too. If you liked Trinity from The Matrix but could do without the blind devotion, meet Cas Russell.

As far as Cas knows, she’s the only person around with a superpower, and she’ll take any job for the right price. Then, she discovers someone with a power even more dangerous than her own. Someone who can reach directly into people’s minds and twist their brains into Moebius strips. Someone intent on becoming the world’s puppet master.

Cas should run, like she usually does, but for once she’s involved. There’s only one problem: she doesn’t know which of her thoughts are her own anymore.

Continue reading “Blog Tour: Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang”

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Literary Ashland with Sean McEnroe

Our September guest was Sean McEnroe, Associate Professor of History at Southern Oregon University. Sean is a historian of Latin America and the larger Atlantic World, specializing in religion, ideology, and state formation. He is the author of From Colony to Nationhood in Mexico: Laying the Foundations, 1560-1840, a work which describes the integration of European and indigenous governance, and the origins of Mexican citizenship. As an archival historian, McEnroe works in manuscript collections in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. His current project, entitled A Troubled Marriage: Indian and Mestizo Elites in the Age of European Empire explores the role of “civilized” Indians, that is, the elites of the peoples being conquered, and their interactions with the European colonizers. Visit his website for more information