After our well-attended launch event at In Other Words, we’ve scheduled another event to celebrate We Belong in History on Feb. 12, this time at Broadway Books on NE Broadway. Kim Stafford and the poet Emily Kendal Frey will be there, as will some of the student poets from the collection. This of course has […]
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Celebrating William Stafford
By Melissa GiffordFrom the time of its inception about a year and a half ago, before we even had a title to accompany the project, We Belong in History was slated for release in January 2014, the centennial of the celebrated former Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford’s birth. The project is the result of a 2012 entreaty […]
“We Belong in History” launch
By Ariana Vives
Portland’s typical gloomy weather did little to stop Ooligan Press’s lively launch party at In Other Words Feminist Community Center for its latest title, We Belong in History: Writing with William Stafford. An in-house passion project, We Belong in History combines a selection of Stafford’s best work with submissions from Oregon’s finest student writers,
Roosevelt High School Students Present Anthology at Powell’s
By Ooligan PressIt was the first time reading in public for many of the Roosevelt High School students who participated in the Where the Roses Smell the Best presentation at Powell’s on Hawthorne, July 11. This anthology of writing on the people, places and lifestyles of Portland is the first book produced by Unique Ink, the publishing […]
Paulann Petersen Guest Poet Post: “Dedication”
By Ooligan PressEvery 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 Paulann Petersen, Oregon’s current Poet Laureate, who resides in Portland. Please enjoy her post and her 2013 Valentine, which follows. […]