The line between imagination and reality blurs in these forty poignant pieces written by first- and second-generation immigrant authors.
literary fiction
Announcing THE STEP BACK by J.T. Bushnell
By Hazel Wright
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.
Sales Kits: Introducing a Book to Bookstores
By Michele Ford @fictionlass
Fall was a long, blustery term for the Three Sides Water team. It’s a traditionally busy time for publishers, as it’s one of the big acquisition seasons—but for us, it was the season of sales kits, final copyeditng, and interior design. But mostly sales kits.
Three Stories, One Cover
By Michele Ford @fictionlass
Ooligan’s summer term is almost over, and for the Three Sides Water team, that means wrapping up the cover design and starting work on the book’s interior. We started work on the cover way back at the beginning of spring term, nearly five months ago, and it’s a joy to see our efforts come to fruition.
Meet Ooligan’s Newest Title, Three Sides Water
By Julie Swearingen @juliedian
As winter term wound down, Ooligan Press voted to acquire Peter Donahue’s manuscript Three Sides Water. Donahue, whose novel Madison House won the 2005 Langum Prize for Historical Fiction, brings the Olympic Peninsula to life in this exciting trilogy of three short novels.
A Game of Genres
By Hilary Louth
It was my first day of a graduate level course, and I found myself staring down at the same question that I’d seen since I was old enough to read, what is your favorite book? Immediately I felt my heart sink and my palms begin to sweat. The question was no less impossible at that […]