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Book Clubs In and Around Portland

By Jacoba Lawson

November 18, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Book Clubs In and Around Portland

If you ever find yourself in a reading rut, joining a book club could be your literary salvation. “There are too many good books in the world to bother reading something that just makes you go . . .” Heidi Hoogstra gives a little shrug to illustrate a lack of impact. “Whatever you like to […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Beaverton, Book clubs, books, classics, discussions, fiction, Multnomah County Library, nonfiction, Portland, Vancouver

Lucia Misch Guest Poet Post: “Contingencies”

By Ooligan Press

July 11, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday since January, 2013, Ooligan Press has invited a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Lucia Misch, a poet from Vancouver, BC. This is the final installment of the Guest Poet Post series, and […]

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Lilija Valis Guest Poet Post

By Lilija Valis, guest author

May 16, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Lilija Valis Guest Poet Post

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Lilija Valis, a poet from Vancouver, B.C. Please enjoy her post! POETRY FAMILY We are strangers among strangers. Even within our blood […]

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Leah Stenson Guest Poet Post: “Poetlandia”

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April 25, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Every Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Leah Stenson, a poet from Portland, OR who also worked as an editor for the collection. Please enjoy her post! Poetlandia […]

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Alive at the Center Seattle Launch

By Ooligan Press

April 12, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

by Kait Heacock On Friday night, poetry fans gathered at Richard Hugo House, a literary hub in Seattle, for the first of three city launches of Alive at the Center, Ooligan Press’s latest release. The poetry anthology gathers some of the best and brightest of poets from Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver B.C. At the Seattle […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Alive at the Center, Brian McGuigan, Cody Walker, David D. Horowitz, Jeremy Halinen, Karen Finneyfrock, Kate Lebo, Kathleen Flenniken, Kingship, launch, Monster, National Poetry Month, poetry, poetry slam, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, Vancouver

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