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Announcing THE STEP BACK by J.T. Bushnell

By Hazel Wright

September 28, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Announcing THE STEP BACK by J.T. Bushnell

Told with breathtaking imagery and imbued with compassion, THE STEP BACK examines the loneliness that sometimes accompanies the transition from adolescence to adulthood, which can take a true reckoning to overcome.

Filed Under: Acquisitions Announcement, Inside Ooligan, Manager Monday, Start to Finish Tagged With: California, coming-of-age, debut author, literary fiction, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, spring release, The Step Back

Lucia Misch Guest Poet Post: “Contingencies”

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July 11, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday since January, 2013, Ooligan Press has invited a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Lucia Misch, a poet from Vancouver, BC. This is the final installment of the Guest Poet Post series, and […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Alive at the Center, Alive at the Center: Featured Poet, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, California, Canadian Individual Poetry Slam, In Event of Moon Disaster, Lucia Misch, Neil Armstrong, Nixon, ooligan press, poetry, San Jose, Vancouver, Vancouver Slam Team, WD40, William Sapphire

Jesse Morse Guest Poet Post

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May 30, 2013 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Jesse Morse, a poet from Portland, OR, who is currently pursuing a PhD in Colorado. Please enjoy his post! Two Years After What happens […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Alive at the Center, Alive at the Center: Featured Poet, California, Chuck Palahniuk, Cupertino, El Chapultepec, Fugitives and Refugees, Houston, Japan, Jesse Morse, Keep Portland Weird, Oberlin, Ohio, ooligan press, OR, Pacific Northwest, PhD in Creative Writing, poetry, Portland, Takamatsu, University of Denver

26th Annual Oregon Book Awards

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April 19, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Kacie Peterson On the book front, there has been exciting news for some of Portland, Oregon’s best writers! The Oregon Book Awards were held this week on the night of Monday, April 8. The awards are a program held annually by Literary Arts, and this year marked their twenty-sixth anniversary. Many of Oregon’s finest […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Allen Say, award-winning books, Blue Thread, California, Cheryl Strayed, Crazy Enough, creative-nonfiction, Drawing From Memory, Gerding Theatre, Kent Hartman, Literary Arts, Oregon Book Awards, Portland, Readers Choice Award, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Simon and Garfunkel, Storm Large, The Beach Boys, The Ninth Day, The Wrecking Crew, Washington, Wild, YA Literature

Susan McCaslin Guest Poet Post: “The Han Shan Poetry Project: How Poetry Came to Save a Rainforest”

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April 18, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Susan McCaslin, a poet from Fort Langley, BC. An earlier version of this piece was first published in the March 2013 […]

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