In his essay, Solotaroff encouraged young writers to work on their craft for many years and think about publication—and possible glory—later. Write “in the cold” now, and you will eventually get your day in the sun. Some writers, undoubtedly, go from obscurity to fame, and they manage to maintain a relatively successful writing career the […]
Richard Brautigan
Coming in from the Cold (Part Two)
By Allison Green AGreenWriterAfter the success of Trout Fishing in America and other early books, Brautigan faced the challenge of following them with equally compelling work. He began writing a series of genre-bending books: a Western, a mystery, a “Japanese” novel, and a detective story. Each garnered mixed reviews, and print runs decreased from book to book. Ten […]
Coming in from the Cold (Part One)
By Allison Green AGreenWriterIn January of 1935, rain fell in the Pacific Northwest as it had never fallen, at least as far as non-indigenous folks knew. On the Washington peninsula, thirty-seven inches of rain fell in five days; on the east side of the mountains, fifty-two inches of snow fell in one day. An ice storm, floods, landslides—they […]
Allison Green’s Radio Interview on Bookworm
By Emily Goldman
At Ooligan, we are always on the lookout for exciting opportunities to publicize a new title and reach an even wider range of readers. As a small press, not only are we more accustomed to doing publicity on a local scale, but it’s a battle to receive any national attention, given the multitude of titles […]
Goldie-Oldies: Nostalgia in Literature and Radio
By Kristin Choruby
In Allison Green’s unconventional travel memoir, The Ghosts Who Travel with Me, nostalgia is a running theme. Green devotes just as much time to journeying down memory lane as she does to retracing the famous trout-fishing trip of sixties counterculture writer Richard Brautigan. The Ghosts Who Travel with Me lovingly describes Green’s golden memories of […]
A Wave of Titles
By Ariana Marquis
We’ve been thinking hard these past few weeks about whether Trout Frying in America is the strongest title for our book. Choosing a title is an immeasurably important process—it’s arguably the single most important marketing device for the book, bar none. When someone walks into a bookstore not knowing exactly what they want but looking […]