Category Archives: Interviews

An Interview with Gail Fiorini-Jenner

Gail Fiorini-Jenner is a writer and rancher living on an original ranch homestead in the northern California. She is the author of the novel Across the Sweet Grass Hills, which received the 2002 WILLA Award for Best Original Paperback at … Continue reading

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An Interview with Sophia Bogle of Save Your Books

In 2000, Sophia Siobhan Wolohan Bogle began Red Branch Book Restoration in Ashland—now renamed Save Your Books. After completing an English Degree (with a Cultural Anthropology minor), she became an apprentice at a used book store, where she learned the … Continue reading

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An interview with fact-checker Melissa Swank

Melissa Swank was the fact-checker for the award-winning Oregon Encyclopedia, a peer-reviewed reference work with over 1,000 entries by hundreds of authors. She has almost completed her master’s degree in history from Portland State University, with a specialization in Public … Continue reading

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Diane L. Goeres-Gardner on Inside Oregon State Hospital: A History of Tragedy and Triumph

Earlier this year, Literary Ashland interviewed Diane L. Goeres-Gardner. Her book Inside Oregon State Hospital: A History of Tragedy and Triumph has recently been published by The History Press. Diane Goeres-Gardner is a fifth-generation Oregonian, with roots in Tillamook County … Continue reading

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