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The Ghosts Who Travel With Me

Interview with Ooligan Alum Brooke Horn

By Melina Hughes MelinaReads

April 15, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interview with Ooligan Alum Brooke Horn

Brooke Horn graduated from the Portland State University publishing program in 2015. During her first year at Ooligan Press she worked on We Belong in History and The Wax Bullet War during the final stages of their production, and she spent her entire second year working on The Ghosts Who Travel With Me from start […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Editing, interview, ooligan press, Pediment Group, publishing, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, Wax Bullet War, We Belong in History

Coming in from the Cold (Part Three)

By Allison Green AGreenWriter

January 29, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Coming in from the Cold (Part Three)

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 […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Allison Green, author, Richard Brautigan, Ted Solotaroff, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, writer, writing

Coming in from the Cold (Part Two)

By Allison Green AGreenWriter

January 27, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Coming in from the Cold (Part Two)

After 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 […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Allison Green, author, Richard Brautigan, Ted Solotaroff, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, writer, writing

Coming in from the Cold (Part One)

By Allison Green AGreenWriter

January 25, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Coming in from the Cold (Part One)

In 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 […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger Tagged With: Allison Green, author, Richard Brautigan, Ted Solotaroff, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, writer, writing

Gilmore Girls Is Back! What Will Rory Be Reading?

By Jacoba Lawson

January 15, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Gilmore Girls Is Back! What Will Rory Be Reading?

Television’s greatest bookworm could soon return to our living rooms. Sources have reported that Netflix will revive Gilmore Girls in a series of four “mini movies.” That’s right, Rory Gilmore is coming back, and you’d better believe she’s bringing an extensive reading list. If you’re not familiar with the show, Gilmore Girls tells the story […]

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Wordstock 2015: Talking About Books

By Margaret Henry

November 25, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Wordstock 2015: Talking About Books

On an early November morning, I awoke eager to divide my day working for Literary Arts in the morning and Ooligan Press in the afternoon. After a quiet MAX ride, I made my way to the lobby of the Portland Art Museum’s historic Mark Building, where I found two other Wordstock volunteers awaiting instructions. Wordstock […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, Allison Green, Blue Thread, book fair, books, Eliot Treichel, festival, Literary Arts, literature, ooligan press, Portland, Portland Art Museum, publishers, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, The Portland Red Guide, Tin House, Wordstock, workshops, writer events, writers

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