When I was between eleven and fourteen years old, there wasn’t a whole lot to choose from in terms of books for and about young adults. I consumed the entire Sweet Valley High series (I know, gross and gag me with a spoon, in the parlance of those times), anything by Judy Blume (which would […]
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A Jewish Editor Edits a Jewish YA Novel
By Emily Goldman
As a soon-to-be graduate of the Master’s in Book Publishing program, a budding editor, and a Jewish person born and raised, I have had the pleasure of working on Ruth Tenzer Feldman’s upcoming YA novel, Seven Stitches. Like her previous two books, Judaism and the protagonist’s Jewish identity and heritage play a central role in […]
Interview with Ooligan Alum Laurel Boruck
By Margaret Henry
Laurel Boruck graduated from the Portland State University publishing program in June 2014. In her first year with Ooligan Press, she worked on marketing for We Belong in History, The Ninth Day, and The Wax Bullet War. In her second year, she transitioned into the role of project manager for The Wax Bullet War. Now […]
Guest Post: What’s the First Crusade Got To Do with the Free Speech Movement?
By Ruth Tenzer Feldman ScrivaRuth
Fifty years ago today, at 3:05 a.m. on December 3, 1964, Edward Strong, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, started speaking through his bullhorn to the eight hundred or so people occupying Berkeley’s administration building. Strong told protesters to leave the building they’d occupied peacefully the day before, or face “disciplinary action” and […]
Between You and Me: Forgotten Bits from 1964
By Ruth Tenzer Feldman
This photo-poster hangs on the wall of the Free Speech Movement Cafe on the Berkeley campus. That’s graduate student Jack Weinberg in the back of a police car after his arrest on October 1, 1964, for violating a campus ban on political speech. The police had driven the car onto Sproul Plaza on campus. After […]
OR SCBWI: Art Directors, Agents, and Editors, Oh My!
By Erika Schnatz
Like many (if not all) of my peers at Ooligan Press, I want to be a published author. The program provides us with a comprehensive understanding of the publishing industry, but most of us who want to write professionally need to supplement our Ooligan education with critique groups, professional development training, and conferences. My interest […]