December 13, 2010
In an open letter to the singer-songwriter who keeps sending him gig announcements, Art Edwards muses that both hope and guitars spring eternal. read more »
March 1, 2010
To get to my mom’s cancer, they cut her from her back, along her side, to just under her breast. read more »
January 11, 2010
I’m not Mother Teresa, I don’t want to tend to lepers and feed the starving. But I am on CouchSurfing.com, and I am open to hosting people in my house for a few days. read more »
October 9, 2009
I know the soul of Dostoyevsky’s female protagonists and why Trickster turns himself from man to raven, but not how to keep myself from feeling like a poor, dirty girl from Virginia that can’t make a difference in New York or prove her grit in Colorado. read more »
July 30, 2009
Sometimes the process takes a few minutes. Once it took 34, but the result is always the same, because no precision of chronometry can catch the exact moment of a life expiring. read more »
July 17, 2009
As the day wore on, in the Latin way, their relief became more palpable, their exuberance more boundless, their gestures more effusive and their emotions more taxed. read more »
May 30, 2009
On February 28 (Peggy knows this date, you can be sure, and all the ones that follow), the blood work came back; the doctors told Jake’s fiancé, Beth, that they thought he had leukemia and that she needed to bring him into the hospital immediately for further testing. read more »
May 28, 2009
Excerpts from the thoughtful, thorough, practical piece published by Ooligan Press. read more »
May 26, 2009
I am a student of publishing. I learn what that means by working at Ooligan Press, a small trade press run by the students in the Masters in Publishing program at Portland State University. read more »
May 23, 2009
Asking Dennis Stovall about Ooligan Press is like talking to a parent about his child—assuming that child is high-achieving, often broke, has survived a couple life-threatening illnesses, and is essentially one hell of a kid to raise. read more »
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