Oregon BIPOC Publishing Event: Pitching, Submitting, & Proposing

Amy Lam is a writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon. She was formerly the deputy editor at diaCRITICS, exploring arts and culture of Vietnamese and SE Asian diaspora. She had been a contributing editor and cohost of Backtalk podcast at Bitch Media, and editorial lead at On She Goes sharing the world of women of color and travel.

Jennifer (JP) Perrine is the author of four books of poetry: Again, The Body Is No Machine, In the Human Zoo, and No Confession, No Mass. JP’s current writing projects include Beautiful Outlaw, a book of poetry composed through elaborate constraints; In the Interest of Time, a collection of short science fiction; Missing/Wanted, a speculative memoir-in-essays; and Nature Is All of Us, a play based on stories of Black, Indigenous, Asian American, and Latinx Oregonians’ experiences with nature and wilderness. Their recent work has been recognized through the Arts and Culture Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Asian American Journalists Association, an Oregon Humanities Community Storytelling Fellowship, a Make | Learn | Build grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, and residencies at Caldera Arts Center and the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Perrine co-hosts Portland’s Incite: Queer Writers Read series, teaches writing to youth and adults, and guides nature-based mindfulness experiences.

Kelly Zatlin is a current graduate student at Portland State University for both the English program and the Book Publishing program. In addition to being the current copy editor of Pathos Literary Magazine, she is also one of the Acquisitions Managers for Ooligan Press, the student-run press at PSU which publishes four books a year.

Karina L. Agbisit is a Latina writer and editor based in Portland, OR. Her previous roles include editorial assistant for Portland Review, arts and culture writer for The Vanguard, and developmental editor for Creator Institute. Karina is currently the Project Manager for Ooligan Press’s upcoming nonfiction title and Format Editor for Portland State University’s Graduate School. Professionally, she holds an MFA in Creative Writing from PSU, a certificate in Independent Publishing from the IPRC, and she is pursuing an MA in Book Publishing from PSU. Personally, her grandma cultivated in her a life-long love of storytelling.