April brings us spring and Earth Day, which I’ve always found fitting. Spring evokes freshness, bright colors, new life, and sunshine (if us Portlanders are lucky)—there is a heightened awareness of the earth. Although I am a proponent of every day being Earth Day, I think using holidays like this to draw attention to environmental […]
Rethinking Paper and Ink
Conversation with Ooligan Alum Cooper Lee Bombardier
By Ellie Piper
I met Cooper Lee Bombardier in a nonfiction writing seminar at PSU, in the fall of 2011. At the time, Cooper was about halfway through the publishing program, I’d just begun the MFA in nonfiction writing, and I liked him right away for his honest and adventurous work, and for what I took to be […]
Interview with Ooligan Alum Kjerstin Johnson
By Ellie Piper
Kjerstin Johnson completed Portland State University’s master’s program in writing and publishing in 2011. The same year, she took over as Editor-in-Chief of Bitch Magazine. Kjerstin was gracious enough to sit down with me on a recent afternoon to talk shop—about Ooligan, the Portland State University MFA program, and Bitch. Kjerstin Johnson: I graduated college […]