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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 5h

#personalhistory #preservation #storytelling #writingtips

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 5h

Legacy memoirs preserve personal stories and connect generations through the power of storytelling and cherished artifacts.

Come take a look at Ooligan's latest Blog Post: www.ooliganpress.com/legacy-memoi...

#culturalheritage,#ephemera #familyhistory #legacymemoirs #Memoirwriting #memory

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 3d

If you love memoirs that challenge and heal, this one’s for you. CEKPA by Leah Altman drops November 11.

#CekpaMemoir #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #MemoirSpotlight #PreorderNow #OwnVoices

A Memoir in Beaded Essays with text that says “Preorder Today” and “Coming November 11, 2025,” decorated with beadwork-style hearts and a spider.

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 3d

In this collection of personal essays dedicated to her two daughters, Altman masterfully weaves together her own literary cekpa in a coming-of-age story about transracial adoption, tribal enrollment, motherhood, and what it truly means to be connected to one’s culture, homeland, and family.

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 3d

#Adoption #Belonging #CekpaMemoir #IndigenousVoices

A Memoir in Beaded Essays by Leah Altman is shown with colorful beadwork-style designs in shades of orange, magenta, teal, blue, and purple on a beige background with a dark blue border. At the top, bold beige text with a soft shadow reads “Available November 2025!”. On the right side, a beaded heart graphic in red with a purple colored outline, says “Preorder now!” in light beige text. The whole thing is set on a teal background.

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 5d

"Reading more history will radically change you"

Check out Ooligan's latest blog post by Leena Altamimi: www.ooliganpress.com/read-more-hi...

#Books #History #Nonfiction #Fiction #Reading #Politics

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 5d

This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 5d

🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!

#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease

Book cover of Leah Altman's memoir "CEKPA: A Memoir in Beaded Essays," releasing November 11, 2025. Features colorful geometric bead patterns on a pink background, with, "Available for Preorder / Link in the Bio"

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 8d

Working with authors can be fun and daunting at the same time. Learning the best way to effectively communicate with them can help you take some of that stress away.

Check out Ooligan's latest manager blog right here: www.ooliganpress.com/communicatin...

A woman with a megaphone speaks loudly to two boys covering their ears.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10d

Today at 3:00 pm CT.
Find inspiration and ideas for your own advocacy from the students on the front lines of the fight against censorship.
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 11d

TOMORROW: Join #BannedBooksWeek youth honorary chair Iris Mogul & student advocates from around the country for a conversation about how young people can fight book bans! 10/8, 3pmCT

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#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

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A fight for our rights: Youth fighting book bans. A conversation with student leaders moderated by Banned Books Week youth honorary chair Iris Mogul. October 8, 2025, 3:00 p.m. CT. Register: bit.ly/YouthFightingBookBans

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 10d

#MemoirRelease

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 10d

🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!

This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 10d

Leah Altman threads together her journey as a Lakota and Persian adoptee through a series of powerful, lyrical essays—each one like a bead, stitched with care, pain, and healing.

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 10d

🎉 Preorders are Open!! 🎉

We are honored to share CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS, written by Leah Altman.
What does it mean to reclaim your name, your language, or your story?

#IndigenousLit #Memoir #AdopteeVoices #OoliganPress #Cekpa

Teal background with white floral outlines. Center features the Cekpa Book cover, titled 'Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays' by Leah Altman. Release: November 11, 2025. Preorder now.

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 10d

Read along with Leah Altman as she traces her roots through Indigenous and Persian cultures while journeying across the Pacific Northwest.

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 12d

#Belonging #AdoptionStories

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 12d

In this collection of personal essays dedicated to her two daughters, Altman masterfully weaves together her own literary cekpa in a coming-of-age story about transracial adoption, tribal enrollment, motherhood, and what it truly means to be connected to one’s culture, homeland, and family. #Essays

Burnt orange background with teal and black text at the top reading "Available November 11, 2025." Below the text is a book cover outlined in plum purple. The book cover features the title CEKPA: A Memoir in Beaded Essays in bold purple and pink text, with the author’s name, Leah Altman, written in teal above a central geometric beadwork type design. The design includes symmetrical patterns, arrows, and a central symbol of a blue figure with antlers. At the bottom of the cover is a stylized blue city skyline against a pink background.

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · 12d

Editing a book is like gardening—both require nurturing, patience, and a careful balance of details and big-picture thinking.

Check out Ooligan's latest blog post!
www.ooliganpress.com/an-editor-as...

#Editing #Ooliganpress #Gardening #Publishing

A collage of garden pictures with flowers and seeds

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 13

#MemoirRelease

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 13

My story is stitched with memory.
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection

Book cover design for "CEKPĄ: A Memoir in Beaded Essays" by Leah Altman, set against a pink background with intricate beaded patterns. The book release date is November 11, 2025.

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 11

💥 By Leah Altman
📘 Preorder open now!
📅 Launching 11/11/2025

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 11

This isn’t just a memoir—it’s a reclamation.

🌿 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS weaves together stories of displacement and return, beading memory back together one essay at a time.

#CEKPA #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #TransracialAdoptee #MemoirRelease #LeahAltmanWrites #OwnVoices

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 11

With each essay, Altman invites us to sit close, to listen, to remember.
📚 Preorder today and be among the first to read this powerful debut.
🧵 Releases November 11, 2025
#BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #MemoirSpotlight #PreorderNow #OwnVoices

Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 11

✨ PREORDER NOW ✨
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is almost here. Leah Altman stitches together memory, culture, and survival with the precision of beadwork. CEKPA is not just a memoir—it’s a reclamation. A love letter to family, a confrontation with silence, and an offering of beauty.
#CekpaMemoir

Photo of author, Leah Altman, sitting calmly. Text reads: "CEKPA: A Memoir in Beaded Essays." Release date: Nov 11, 2025. Pre-order now. "For Leah Altman, growing up as an adoptee outside of her culture meant growing up without her cekpa, the Lakota connection to family and homeland. "

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Ooligan Press @ooliganpress.bsky.social · Aug 11

A love letter to family, a confrontation with silence, and an offering of beauty.

With each essay, Altman invites us to sit close, to listen, to remember.

📚 Preorder today and be among the first to read this powerful debut.
🧵 Releases November 11, 2025