Unique Ink: Roosevelt High School’s Student-Run Publishing Program
by Rebekah Hunt This summer term, I had the immense pleasure of participating in Ooligan’s collaboration with Roosevelt High School’s Unique Ink Publishing program. Organized by the incomparable...
View ArticlePortland’s Poetry Press Week Is Full of Surprises
What happens when you mix a poetry reading with Fashion Week? You get Poetry Press Week, a unique event dreamed up by Liz Mehl and Justin Rigamonti, in which the works of five Portland poets are read...
View Article40 Years of Poetry Publishing
Founded in 1972 by Sam Hamill, Tree Swenson, William O’Daly, and Jim Gautney, Copper Canyon Press started out selling hand-bound, letterpressed limited editions of poetry books out of the trunks of...
View ArticleModern Surrealism at Literary Arts
Following on the heels of Poetry Press Week, a new-format reading series that takes its cues from Portland’s Fashion Week, Literary Arts continued its hot streak with yet another outstanding poetry...
View ArticleHow Do We Fix Poetry Readings?
Last Sunday, I went to a poetry reading. It was a joint reading by two indie publishing collectives, the New York indie press great weather for MEDIA and a local publisher, Printed Matter Vancouver. It...
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