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Close is Fine

Keeping up with old friends: an interview with Eliot Treichel

By Sarah Hale

June 20, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

In 2012, Ooligan Press published Eliot Treichel’s Close is Fine, a short story collection depicting the lonely isolation of rural Wisconsin and the winner of the 2013 Wisconsin Library Association’s Literary Award. Now a resident of Eugene, Oregon Eliot is teaching writing at Lane Community College. He has continued to stay in touch with Ooligan […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: backlist, Close is Fine, Eliot Treichel, nterviews, Ooligan, teaching, writing

Backlist to the Future: Close Is Fine

By Alison Townsend

June 13, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

These stories are told by people you know—or you. When Close Is Fine was published in 2012, it was Eliot Treichel’s first book, though not his first time being published. Today, it holds up as a beautiful and lovingly written book. All the stories are set in rural Wisconsin, but anyone can identify with the […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: Close is Fine, Eliot Treichel, Recommendations, Rural, Short Stories, Wisconsin

Lessons from Wordstock 2013

By M.F. Corwin

October 8, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Lessons from Wordstock 2013

For more than a decade Wordstock has supported the local literary community by hosting workshops, author readings, and the ever-dazzling book fair, where publishers large and small (such as yours truly) can interact with readers and aspiring authors alike. As vendors at this year’s festival, we particularly enjoyed speaking with everyone who came by our […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: author-readings, Big 5 Publishers, book fair, Close is Fine, Eliot Treichel, Marketing, ooligan press, Oregon Convention Center, Reading Frenzy, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Small Publishers, The Ninth Day, Tin House, Wordstock, workshops

Beyond Start to Finish

By Ooligan Press

April 22, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interview with Eliot Treichel by Miranda Rabuck Ooligan’s innovative Start to Finish pages, which document a book’s progress from its acquisition to its launch, are valuable to our authors because they give them a behind-the-scenes look at the development of their books. Since many authors think of their books as their babies, the blogging that […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: book launch, Close is Fine, Daniel Kine, Editing, Eliot Treichel, Eugene, Marketing, ooligan press, Sam Bond's Garage, Stargazer, start to finish

Talking Small Presses with Scott Dominic Carpenter

By Ooligan Press

January 7, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

At Ooligan, we pride ourselves on our Pacific Northwest roots. We focus on the stories, voices, and concerns unique to this great corner of the nation. This focus sets us apart, but it also ties us to presses with similar missions in other parts of country, like Midwestern Gothic Press in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: "Art is...Prostitution", Ann Arbor, Close is Fine, Danzk, Eliot Treichel, MG Press, Michigan, Midwestern Gothic, Midwestern Gothic Press, Milkweed, ooligan press, Scott Dominic Carpenter, short story collection, Theory of Remainders, This Jealous Earth, Winter Goose

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