Summer Reading with Ooligan Press
Make the most of these longer summer days by catching up on your reading with Ooligan Press!
 If you’re relaxing by the pool, we suggest you read something suspenseful to keep from falling asleep in the sun and waking up looking like a lobster. Check out Ooligan’s thriller, 42 by M. Thomas Cooper. Set in Portland, Oregon, 42 follows George Olson as his life is thrown into chaos and his mind into a possible state of psychosis. In a plot that escalates from a mundane existence to arson and murder, George’s very existence depends on him making sense of the answers that are hidden everywhere. |
 There’s nothing like a summer road trip—windows down, the warm sun in your face, and your favorite songs on the radio. Sid Miller’s Dot-to-Dot, Oregon is your perfect road trip guide for this summer’s adventures. Miller explores seven routes from the coast to the mountains, from inner-city Portland to the Idaho border. Dot-to-Dot, Oregon, a collection of fifty poems, travels through the cities, towns, and monuments of Oregon. |
 Whether you’ve never been to Portland, or you grew up here, exploring this city’s rich history is a great way to spend a long sunny day. Bring along The Portland Red Guide by Michael Munk to lead the way through Portland’s lesser-known history. A historical guidebook of social dissent in Portland, Oregon, Munk’s The Portland Red Guide links notable radicals, their organizations, and their activities to physical sites in the city. |
 Maybe you’ve made it your goal to brush up on your history over the summer. If so, Ooligan has the book for you. Dreams of the West: A History of the Chinese in Oregon 1850–1950 presents stories about the brave men and women who made America their home and kept China in their hearts. This distinctive account of Chinese immigration is detailed in a well-researched text and a wonderful collection of photos, many from private collections not previously seen by the public. |
 Have a hectic summer ahead of you? We’ve got the perfect book for you—You Have Time for This: Contemporary American Short-Short Stories edited by Mark Budman & Tom Hazuka. You Have Time for This satiates your craving for fine literature without making a dent in your schedule. Full of love, death, fantasy, and foreign lands, this collection of short stories is told with brevity and style by the best writers in the short-short fiction genre. |
Happy Summer Reading!
Love,
Ooligan Press
What is Ooligan?
Founded in 2001 as a teaching press, Ooligan is staffed by students pursuing master’s degrees in the Department of English at Portland State University. These students participate in an apprenticeship program under the guidance of a core faculty of publishing professionals dedicated to the art and craft of publishing. Ooligan seeks to publish the finest works of literary, cultural, and social value. We publish a wide variety of books that relate to the Pacific Northwest, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and books for young adults (we aim to publish one young adult book and one work of poetry each year), as well as educational books that inspire others to publish in the classroom. We print two books a year in our OpenBook series; these books are produced as sustainably as possible by focusing on paper and ink sources, design strategies, efficient and safe manufacturing methods, innovating printing technologies, support and local and regional companies, and corporate responsibility of our contractors.
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