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Backlist to the Future

Close is Just Fine By Me

By Chelsea Lobey

August 30, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Close is Just Fine By Me

I grew up in a small town. A population of less than two thousand, a small gas station and convenience store, a tavern, and no stoplight anywhere even close to the city limits. There’s a way of life in small towns—slower, quieter, less self-aware—that people who grew up in a city just can’t quite grasp. […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Backlist to the Future, Eliot Treichel, Short Stories, small town life

Blue Thread and the Obsession with Time Travel

By Frances Kane

March 23, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Blue Thread and the Obsession with Time Travel

While I was reading Blue Thread, I couldn’t help but think of the fact that there are so many films, television series, and books all about time travel and the consequences or effects of time travel. Why is that? There’s the appeal that we can go back to glamorous times and explore history, but is […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Backlist to the Future, Blue Thread, historical fiction, young adult

Backlist to the Future: Dreams of the West

By Tyler Mathieson

November 14, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Backlist to the Future: Dreams of the West

With the release date of Ooligan’s upcoming book, tentatively titled Mastersounds, quickly approaching, we prepare to once again look at how our cultural history has shaped this place we call home. Mastersounds will show the rich history of jazz throughout the Pacific Northwest with a specific focus on Seattle and Portland. This new text, written […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Backlist to the Future, CCBA, Chinese, Dreams of the West, history, jazz, Lynn Darroch, Mastersounds, oregon historical society, Pacific NW, Portland, Seattle

Backlist to the Future: Oregon at Work

By Margo Pecha

August 8, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Backlist to the Future: Oregon at Work

“Oregon is one of the best places on earth to live,” says Governor Ted Kulongoski in his foreword to Oregon at Work, and I couldn’t agree more. With Oregon’s abundance of lush hiking trails, delicious local food, and wealth of breweries, it’s easy to see just how much this state has to offer. But what […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Art Ayre, backlist, Backlist to the Future, history, Ooligan, Oregon, Oregon at Work, Tom Fuller

The Responsibility of Reporting Fact

By Rebekah Hunt

May 12, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

I was writing a Backlist to the Future post for this week (which is forthcoming, I promise), but because of all the reporting on the horrific events in Cleveland and the rescue of the women who spent a decade imprisoned by their kidnapper, this issue is on my mind, so I think now is a […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Backlist to the Future, Charles Ramsey, Cleveland, fact, kidnapping, muckraking, ooligan press, reporting, The Smoking Gun

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