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 PiperI 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 PiperKjerstin 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 […]