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ABOUT OOLIGAN

Ooligan is an award-winning, not-for-profit general trade press that publishes books honoring the cultural and natural diversity of the Pacific Northwest, a region widely recognized for its unique and innovative sen-sibilities and wealth of culture. Ooligan Press aspires to discover works that reflect the values, attitudes, and experiences that inspire so many to call the Northwest their home. Founded in 2001, Ooligan is a teaching press dedicated to the art and craft of publishing. Affiliated with Portland State University, the press is staffed by students pursuing master’s degrees in an apprenticeship program under the guidance of a core faculty of publishing professionals.

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Individual SalesAll Ooligan Press titles are available through your local bookstore, and we encourage supporting independent booksellers. Please contact your local bookstore, or pur-chase online through Powell’s, Indiebound, or Amazon.

Retail SalesOoligan books are distributed to the trade through Ingram Publisher Services. Booksellers and businesses that wish to stock Ooligan titles may order directly from IPS at (866) 400-5351 or customer.service@ingrampublisherservices.com.

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EbooksOoligan Press ebooks are available to consumers on all major platforms and to libraries via Overdrive and Hoopla.

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ODSBURG | MATT TOMPKINS

Wallace Jenkins-Ross traveled to Odsburg for the name, but he stayed for the hallucinating, pill-wielding, mountain-lion-hoarding, and skin-sloughing residents. Visit Odsburg with Wallace and find out why.

“Odsburg is a novel of wild mystery told with high wit and serious heart. It’s full of the surreal weirdness of actual human existence. Tompkins delivers big fun with insights delicate and strange.”

—Michael Bible, author of Empire of Light

ISBN13 | 978-1-947845-06-0

$16.00 | 288 pages

THE GIFTS WE KEEP | KATIE GRINDELAND

The Gifts We Keep is an evocative story, told through the eyes of five protagonists, about family, pain, loss, and the gifts that are left in the wake of tragedy.

“A powerful story of family, heartbreak, love, and loss with echoes of the best of Alice Hoffman or Anne Tyler. A beautiful book.”

—Ned Hayes, author of national bestseller The Eagle Tree

The Gifts We Keep is the first of a planned annual series of Library Writers Project books to be published by Ooligan Press in partnership with Multnomah County Library.

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ISBN13 | 978-1-947845-08-4

$16.00 | 206 pages

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THREE SIDES WATER | PETER DONAHUE

Three short novels set on the Olympic Peninsula unapol-ogetically challenge what it means to authentically love and live.Across the dramatic landscape of the Pacific Northwest’s Olympic Peninsula, Donahue’s characters take extraor-dinary actions to transcend the limitations imposed upon them. Marguerite struggles with the emotional aftermath of sexual assault amid the mysticism and untamed wilderness of the Pacific coast in the 1920s. Avery navigates life as a “juvenile delinquent” while the social and political convulsions of the 1960s transform the world around him. Chris escapes the present-day mill town where he grew up, only to find he must recon-cile his true self with the troubling persona he’s taken on.

“Donahue’s deep understanding of our region’s history coupled with his willingness to portray characters left out of traditional history books make his collective body of work a valuable contribution to literature of the Northwest.”—City Arts Magazine

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“[These] three stories...flourish as separate novelsand also succeed as a single book.”

—Bruce Holbert, The Hour of Lead and Whiskey

Across the dramatic landscape of the Pacific Northwest’s Olympic Peninsula, Donahue’s characters take extraordinary actions to transcend the limitations imposed upon them. Marguerite struggles with the emotional aftermath of sexual assault amid the mysticism and untamed wilderness of the Pacific coast in the 1920s. Avery navigates life as a “juvenile delinquent” while the social and political convulsions of the 1960s transform the world around him. Chris escapes the present-day mill town where he grew up, only to find he must reconcile his true self with the troubling persona he’s taken on.

In his newest work of literary fiction, Donahue distills the raw and vivid world of the Olympic Peninsula into a stunning work that challenges what it means to live life with purpose and integrity.

In Three Sides Water, award-winning author Peter Donahue portrays the lives of three

young people who seek meaning in an often violent, insensible world.

“There is much to admire [in Three Sides Water], much to see,and much to experience. Donahue takes us from wild,rocky beaches to deep, dark woods and back again.”

—Lance Weller, author of Wilderness

Cover design: Michele Ford

Literary Fiction $17.00

“Great storytelling.”—Sharma Shields, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-98-5

$16.00 | 336 pages

AT THE WATERLINE | BRIAN K. FRIESEN

Effortlessly capturing the essence of life after loss and the complexity of redefining yourself, At the Waterline challenges the idealistic norms of Pacific Northwest life with a portrayal of one houseboat community’s contentious history and its hard earned acceptance of unfamiliar faces.

“As events unfurl in the lives of an eccentric collection of river dwellers, Friesen’s novel gradually reveals a great truth: that every life—every life—hides remarkable drama and overpowering tragedy.”

—Molly Gloss, author of The Jump-Off Creek and The Hearts of Horses

Features hand-drawn illustrations and nautical terms

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-92-3

$16.95 | 265 pages

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CLOSE IS FINE | ELIOT TREICHEL

Like a Polaroid snapshot, this finely wrought collection of short stories gives us a brief glimpse into the quirky and complex lives of rural town inhabitants. As the characters struggle to define their individuality and reconcile their ideals with ordinary life, we are witness to their unique self-discoveries. At times mournful and haunting, this story collection celebrates the nobility of simple life, of striving and failing without ever losing hope.

“These stories, with their spare prose, characters eking out a living with no time or inclination to self-reflect, helped me understand a foreign place and worldview, a big part of America, that isn’t really far away at all.”—The Oregonian

Winner, Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, 2013

SIBLINGS AND OTHER DISAPPOINTMENTS KAIT HEACOCK

Siblings and Other Disappointments is a fearless collection of short stories that explore the intricacies of human relationships. Richly based in the Pacific Northwest, Siblings captures unforgiving, candid snapshots of fam-ilies, friends, and lovers as their lives come together and fall apart.

“Heacock’s stories feel like tiny homecomings, like peer-ing in the windows of the real Northwest and glimpsing its shabby, secret heart. These characters’ poignancy is in the smallness of their desires: to sit down again at the same counter; to be seen; to touch hands across the dark-ness, even as time makes them—and all of us—obsolete.”

—Megan Kruse, author of Call Me Home

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-45-9

$14.95 | 168 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-85-5

$15.95 | 186 pages

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ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-77-0

$15.95 | 180 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1-947845-04-6

$16.00 | 384 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-70-1

$16.95 | 288 pages

BREAKING CADENCE | ROSA DEL DUCA

A former military recruit recounts her time in service and her decision to become a conscientious objector in the wake of 9/11.

“From track star to soldier, from cadet to conscientious objector, Rosa del Duca maps a riveting account of military life and her uneasy metamorphosis in a book that's impossible to put down.”—Marilyn Abildskov, author of The Men in My Country

THE GHOSTS WHO TRAVEL WITH ME | ALLISON GREEN

Curious about her enduring love for Richard Brautigan’s work, Allison Green embarks on a roadtrip tracing the route of his most famous work, Trout Fishing in America. As she travels, she examines the way we relate to the things that influence us—the ancestors who created us, the past that shaped us, the writers who changed the way we saw the world—and how these things intertwine to make us who we are.

“Charming, wry, and elliptical. The Ghosts Who Travel with Me takes readers on a humorous and deeply nostalgic tour of America, and plumbs the depths of ‘Generation Jones.’ Vastly entertaining.”

—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise

THE WAX BULLET WAR | SEAN DAVIS

The Wax Bullet War offers a glimpse into the life of a single soldier in the 21st century, cutting through the noise of political rhetoric to explore the complexities of war and the restorative power of art.

“Sean Davis has opened up the soldier’s story wide enough for all of our humanity to emerge—messy, beau-tiful, chaotic, tender, violent, loving. The territory between soldier and artist is breathtaking.”

—Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water and The Book of Joan

THE WIDMER WAY | JEFF ALWORTH

The Widmer Way explores Portland’s beloved Widmer brothers and their transition from small batches of homebrew to a nationally renowned craft beer.

“Jeff Alworth and the Widmers team up to tell one of the most important, instructive and inspiring sto-ries in craft beer. In Jeff ’s hands, the Widmers’ story is deftly told, a must-read for beer fans in Portland and well beyond.”

—Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune columnist, author of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out

ISBN13 | 978-1-947845-02-2

$18.00 | 224 pages

50 HIKES IN THE TILLAMOOK AND CLATSOP STATE FORESTS | SIERRA CLUB

OREGON CHAPTER

50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests is a guidebook highlighting the adventurous hiking trails within these state forests, ultimately promoting the con-servation of these wondrous regional landscapes.

“Less known to Oregon hikers, the deep woods of the Tillamook State Forest are a mystery no longer. Close to Portland, but uncrowded and easy to access, these 50 hikes lead to explorations of meadows, creeks, swimming holes, and peaks in an iconic Oregon ecosystem, the temperate rainforest.”—Laura O. Foster, author of Columbia Gorge Getaways

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-96-1

$20.00 | 248 pages

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RHYTHM IN THE RAIN | LYNN DARROCH

Rhythm in the Rain explores jazz culture in the Pacific Northwest, blending firsthand accounts of musicians and in-depth research to create a written map of the community and sound.

“A beautiful remembrance and reminder of all who came before, and the great tradition that is still being built today.”—Dan Balmer, jazz guitarist

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-81-7

$21.95 | 256 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-31-2

$24.95| 320 pages

CATACLYSMS ON THE COLUMBIA | JOHN ELIOT ALLEN, MARJORIE BURNS, SCOTT

BURNS

Cataclysms on the Columbia tells two stories. One follows geological research that challenged the scientific para-digm of the early 20th century, and the other chronicles the results of that research: the discovery of powerful prehistoric floods that shaped the Pacific Northwest.

“The book also tells a human story as fascinating as the story of the flood…entertaining and admirably clear.”

—Margaret Donsbach, “Friends of the Columbia River Gorge Bulletin”

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ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-37-4

$17.95 | 262 pages

THE PORTLAND RED GUIDE | MICHAEL MUNK

A historical guidebook of social dissent, The Portland Red Guide describes local radicals, their organizations, and their activities in relation to physical sites in the Rose City.

“A roller-coaster ride through Portland’s radical past. Who knew that being on the losing side of just about everything could be so much fun?”

—Phil Stanford, Portland Tribune columnist, author of Portland Confidential

BREW TO BIKES | CHARLES HEYING

Dissatisfied with passive consumption, many residents of Portland, Oregon, take matters into their own hands. Associate Professor of Urban Studies Charles Heying noticed these local artisans prospering all over the city and set out to study their thriving economy. Profiling hundreds of local businesses, and with an eye on Portland’s unique penchant for sustainability and urban development, Brew to Bikes is about everything from bike manufacturers to microbreweries, from do-it-yourself to traditional crafts. A treatise to local, ethical business practices, Brew to Bikes positions Portland as a hub of artisan ingenuity worthy of admiration.

“Brew to Bikes puts much of what I’ve suspected about our local artisan economy into more academic and in-depth terms. It’s a welcome analysis that should give inspiration and ammunition to supporters of our vibrant, small-scale, local economy.”

—Jonathan Maus, BikePortland.org

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-32-9

$24.95 | 304 pages

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THE OCEAN IN MY EARS | MEAGAN MACVIE

High school senior Meri Miller is ready to walk the heck out of Soldotna, Alaska, where salmon fishing is the pri-mary source of entertainment. But as she grapples with increasingly complicated relationships—family, friends, and of course, boys—she can't help but wonder if she really is ready for the world beyond her backyard.

“An unforgettable journey to adulthood.”—Kirkus Starred Review

“Macvie movingly explores the ever-shifting highs and lows of adolescence.”

—Publishers Weekly

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-94-7

$16.00 | 300 pages

SLEEPING IN MY JEANS | CONNIE KING LEONARD

Homeless and alone on the streets, sixteen-year-old Mattie Rollins and her kid sister race to discover the fate of their missing mother.

“Sleeping in My Jeans is a tender, compassionate portrayal of a family in crisis.”

—Scott Nadelson, author of Between You and Me

10% of sales will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul Teacher’s guide availableISBN13 | 978-1-947845-00-8

$16.00 | 240 pages

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BLUE THREAD | RUTH TENZER FELDMAN

The women’s suffrage movement is in full swing in 1912 Portland, Oregon—the last holdout state on the West Coast. Miriam desperately wants to work at her father’s printing shop, but when he refuses she decides to dedi-cate herself to the suffrage movement, demanding rights for women and a different life for herself.

Winner, Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature, 2013

“Ruth Tenzer Feldman does a beautiful job peering into the bonds that bring us together, tear us apart, and allow us to travel beyond ourselves.”—Anne Osterlund, author of Academy 7

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010411

$12.95 | 296 pages

Ruth Tenzer Feldman

“Hooray for Miriam, just the kind of young woman

I like…I cheered her efforts, her courage, and her rewards. And so

will you.” —Karen Cushman,

Newbery Medal-winning author of The Midwife’s

Apprentice

It’s 1912. Sixteen-year-old Miriam Josefsohn is groomed for the life of a socialite, but dreams of working in the family print shop. When her father refuses to train her as his replacement, Miriam decides to take control of her life, and devotes herself to women’s suffrage at the height of the Oregon campaign. In the process, she meets the mysterious Serakh, who inquires about a special shawl with a single blue thread. Miriam discovers that this forgotten family heirloom, her great-grandmother’s prayer shawl, is capable of transporting her thousands of years into the past, where she is introduced to the Daughters of Zelophehad and their ancient struggle for women’s rights. With Serakh as her guide, Miriam embarks on a journey to alter the past—but will she have the courage to fight for her own future?

“Miriam’s journey in Blue Thread is both magical and inspiring. No doubt, like the blue thread itself, her story will be passed down from mothers to daughters—and, if there is any justice, from fathers to sons as well.” —David Michael Slater, author of the Sacred Books series

“In Blue Thread, young Miriam Josefsohn captures the energy, excitement, and tension that filled Portland, Oregon, during the 1912 campaign for women’s suffrage…Miriam shows readers the courage and conviction it took for women to gain the right to vote, and to further the struggle for equal citizenship.” —Janice Dilg, Century of Action project director

“Ruth Tenzer Feldman does a beautiful job peering into the bonds that bring us together, tear us apart, and allow us to travel beyond ourselves.” —Anne Osterlund, author of Academy 7, Oregon Book Award finalist

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$12.95 Young Adult Fiction

THE NINTH DAY | RUTH TENZER FELDMAN

Hope Friis leads a normal life for any teenager living in Berkeley, California, in the 1960s: she hangs out with friends, spends time with her family, and dreams of winning a singing competition and college scholarship despite her pronounced stutter. It seems like she has everything under control, until she takes part in the Free Speech movement that engulfs the city—a choice that could crush her chance of competing.

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-65-7

$13.95 | 288 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-88-6

$14.95 | 300 pages

SEVEN STITCHES | RUTH TENZER FELDMAN

It’s been a year since the Big One—the Cascadia sub-duction zone earthquake—devastated Portland. While Meryem Zarfati’s injuries have healed and her neighbor-hood is rebuilding, her mother is still missing. Meryem continues to search for her mother, even as she learns to live without her in a changed Portland.

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RICOCHET RIVER | ROBIN CODY (25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

A coming-of-age story that combines the familiar awk-wardness and angst of growing up with the inescapable draw of the outdoors, Ricochet River is an unsentimental look at the simple freedoms often lost as we struggle to form identities and fit into an increasingly complicated world.

“Mr. Cody sets the crucial scenes out of doors, and much of the book’s rich imagery springs from this very partic-ular terrain. In captivating prose, Mr. Cody tells a story of unusual wisdom and grace.”—New York TimesISBN13 | 978-1-932010-90-9

$15.95 | 288 pages

ISBN13 | 978-1932010-79-4

$14.95 | 320 pages

A SERIES OF SMALL MANEUVERS ELIOT TREICHEL

After Emma inadvertently causes an accident that claims her father’s life, she struggles to reconcile her sense of identity with memories of their strained relationship.

Winner, Oregon Book Award for Readers’ Choice, 2017

“Treichel’s realistic and compelling characterization of Emma highlights a maturity into adulthood that offers no easy solutions to the difficulties of grief, but celebrates the best of her family.”—Publishers Weekly

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ISBN13 | 978-1-932010-26-8

$11.95 | 256 pages

A HEART FOR ANY FATE | LINDA CREW

Based on the history of a company of real pioneers, A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon, 1845 tells the story of the King family, whose careful plans are challenged by the harsh, unforeseen realities of over-land travel.

Winner, Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature, 2005

“In the spring of 1845, the King family of Carroll County, Missouri, loaded five covered wagons and set out for Oregon. In this richly detailed novel that originally appeared in 2005, Crew creates a riveting, fictional story from the bare facts of an extended family’s grueling jour-ney across the Continental Divide.”

—Gillian Engberg, former editorial director of the American Library Association's Books

for Youth program

FORGIVE ME IF I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE KARELIA STETZ-WATERS

First love is chaotic—especially when you fall for the pretty Goth girl at church. As Triinu Hoffman struggles to make sense of her new identity, she discovers that the battle for acceptance should never be fought alone.

“I will cherish Forgive Me and its message of kindness and hope while cheering the trailblazers who came before me; in their simple acts of defiance and love, they have changed the world.”—Sara Quin, of Tegan and Sara

ISBN13 | 978-1932010-73-2

$14.95 | 304 pages

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ISBN13 | 978-1932010-75-6

$16.95 | 256 pages

UNTANGLING THE KNOT | edited by CARTER SICKELS

Untangling the Knot: Marriage, Relationships & Identity is an anthology of twenty-five deeply personal essays that delve past the mainstream focus on marriage equality to examine the broad scope of issues facing members of the LGBTQ community.

“These writers speak with passion about love, law, loss, generational differences, and identity. This is an urgent and timely book.”

—Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree and The Noonday Demon

ISBN13 | 978-1-9320108-31

$16.95 | 256 pages

MEMORIES FLOW IN OUR VEINS CALYX PRESS

Feminist icon CALYX Press has dedicated forty years to publishing the work of women writers, amplifying diverse voices, and creating a dynamic and inclusive literary space. Featuring poetry and fiction by some of the most renowned and decorated women writers of the past four decades, Memories Flow In Our Veins is a triumphant showcase of the work published by CALYX Press through the years.

“By what sorcery or alchemy did CALYX distill forty years of pioneering feminist literature into this slim, absorbing volume? It’s like an enchanting magic trick: here is the diversity of writers, voices, viewpoints, styles, and themes CALYX Journal has long been known for. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of feminist thought.”

—Amanda Fortini, “The Feminist Reawakening,” Best American Political Writing 2008

COLLECTIONS | 15

ISBN13 | 978-1-947845-06-0

$18.95 | 284 pages

ALIVE AT THE CENTER | edited by SUSAN DENNING, CODY WALKER, AND

DANIELA ELZA

Alive at the Center aims to capture the thriving poetic atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest by concentrating on the three major cities that define it—Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. This anthology is a cultural con-versation among the unique urban communities whose perspectives share more than just a common landscape.

ORDERING INFORMATION

Individual SalesAll Ooligan Press titles are available through your local bookstore, and we encourage supporting independent booksellers. Please contact your local book-store, or purchase online through Powell’s, Indiebound, or Amazon.

Retail SalesOoligan books are distributed to the trade through Ingram Publisher Services. Booksellers and businesses that wish to stock Ooligan titles may order directly from IPS at (866) 400-5351 or customer.service@ingrampublisherservices.com.

Educational and Library SalesWe sell directly to educators and libraries that do not have an estab-lished relationship with IPS. For pricing or to place an order, please contact us at operations@ooliganpress.pdx.edu.

EbooksOoligan Press ebooks are available to consumers on all major platforms and to libraries via Overdrive and Hoopla.

ooligan.pdx.edu | @ooliganpress