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Molly Gloss and Tony Wolk
The Molly Gloss and Tony Wolk reading at Portland State's Millar Library was quite pleasant. The laws that govern the Universe compelled me to go: you see, my very first experience with Ooligan Press was when I got up the courage to attend a reading of Wolk's Abraham Lincoln, A Novel Life. The book had just been released, I had just learned about the Publishing Program; so I walked down to the library and sat shyly in the audience, looking in wonder at the other attendees who were undoubtedly all amazing Super Publishers.
Anyway, Friday night's reading went well. I had never heard or read Molly Gloss before but became instantly impressed and enthralled with her writing. She read from The Hearts of Horses. Tony was great, of course, with his Harry Stein and Joan Matcham and his insights about President Lincoln.
To see The Hearts of Horses at Powell's, click here. Or go to your favorite independent bookstore!
To see Tony Wolk's Good Friday, click here. Or just stop by www.ooligan.pdx.edu and look at our books.
A side note:
The Powell's website synopsis uses the word "gentling," as in, "a determined young woman with a gift for gentling wild horses." Grrr. I have always disliked the use of gentle as a verb: it strikes me as one of those new trends, those dreadfully clever verbings of nouns or nounings of verbs. The only thing worse in this world is using birth as a verb, but if I start up on that, I will get too excited and end up throwing a chair through a window.
Imagine my astonishment, then, when Merriam-Webster tells me that the use of gentle as a verb dates from the 14th century. That doesn't mean I have to like it, though.
(Boy, I sound out of sorts today. Does this mean I'm finally approaching "cranky editor" status?)
Anyway, Friday night's reading went well. I had never heard or read Molly Gloss before but became instantly impressed and enthralled with her writing. She read from The Hearts of Horses. Tony was great, of course, with his Harry Stein and Joan Matcham and his insights about President Lincoln.
To see The Hearts of Horses at Powell's, click here. Or go to your favorite independent bookstore!
To see Tony Wolk's Good Friday, click here. Or just stop by www.ooligan.pdx.edu and look at our books.
A side note:
The Powell's website synopsis uses the word "gentling," as in, "a determined young woman with a gift for gentling wild horses." Grrr. I have always disliked the use of gentle as a verb: it strikes me as one of those new trends, those dreadfully clever verbings of nouns or nounings of verbs. The only thing worse in this world is using birth as a verb, but if I start up on that, I will get too excited and end up throwing a chair through a window.
Imagine my astonishment, then, when Merriam-Webster tells me that the use of gentle as a verb dates from the 14th century. That doesn't mean I have to like it, though.
(Boy, I sound out of sorts today. Does this mean I'm finally approaching "cranky editor" status?)
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Comment by Cliff N. Hansen on February 23, 2008 at 6:14pm - I was going to go to that and totally forgot! Oops! Glad you had fun, though.
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