Artless
The Odyssey of a Republican Cultural Creative
by Gary D. Cole
| Replete with good humor and dry wit, Artless is a commentary on censorship's many forms - both overt and subtle. Finally, it is the memoir of a man who, against all odds, deftly carved out a niche for himself into two seemingly diametrically opposed arenas, only to discover their incompatibility in the culture wars of contemporary America. More about this book... |
Dreams of the West
The History of the Chinese in Oregon, 18501950
| Jointly created by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, history students at Portland State University, and the student staff of Ooligan Press, this bilingual (English/Chinese) history fills a long neglected gap in the immigrant history of the West Coast. This is the littleknown history of the state's Chinese immigrants who, by the 1850s, began sailing east from southern China and landed here, where they struggled to make a new home. More about this book... |
Fort Clatsop
Rebuilding an Icon
The Daily Astorian
| Hoping to capture the spirit of discovery that ruled our nation's past, the community of Astoria, Oregon sought to build a memorial in the form of the Fort Clatsop replica. When this replica burned to the ground and was rebuilt again, a new spirit was capturedone of community, hope, hard work, and fortitude. A collaboration between the Daily Astorian and Ooligan Press, Fort Clatsop: Rebuilding an Icon reveals the three lives of the fort. More about this book... |
The Portland Red Guide
Sites and Stories from Our Radical Past
by Michael Munk
| The Portland Red Guide is a testament to Portland's rich history of workingclass people and organizations against repression and injustice. It depicts those who insisted on a better justification for their lives than the quest for material wealth, and who dedicated themselves to offering alternative visions of how to organize the economy and society. More about this book... |
Speaking Out
Women, War, and the Global Economy
by Jan Haaken, Ariel Ladum, Seizza de Tarr, Kayt Zundel, and Caleb Heymann
| Speaking Out, a curriculum for high schools and colleges, grew from an international peace project in Sierra Leone addressing issues of war, from personal effects of combat to institutional factors shaping armed conflicts. More about this book... |
The Survival League
by Gordan Nuhanović| With the Croatian Ministry of Culture, Ooligan presidents Gordan Nuhanović, whose prose is a doorway to the heart and soul of a vibrant society ravaged by recent wars. The one of three Croatian titles published by Ooligan in 2005. More about this book... |