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About Raging Opossum Press
Raging Opossum Press is a publishing house and press highlighting the local and DIY art in Chicago, IL (though we're happy to be apart of the national and global artist community that any creative is naturally apart of.) Raging Opossum Press is dedicated to the ideas of community and the wonders of sharing art with one another, and strives to do that regularly by showing off different artists through publications, interviews, or our newsletter which shares and discusses a variety of different art events, shows, and whatever else around Chicago. We welcome all creatives of all mediums. Reach out if you have art to share, and subscribe to our newsletter by making a account to keep up to date on events we're hosting or art news around the city.
The team
Samuel Plauche (He/Him)
Founder, Writer, Music Lover, Absurdist
Samuel Plauche is a Chicago writer of novels, short stories, and poems. His writing style and preferences are those stories that take the real world hardships and blend it with the absurd, or memoirs and autobiographies for non-fiction. Some of his favorite books include The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, and the poetry of Etheridge Knight and Patti Smith. His own work includes the novel As The Rain Falls (which can be purchased on this website), the short story Bits of Love, and the poems My Protector's Song, Where Joy Lies, On and Off and On and Off, My Personal Saint, and Unbridled To You, Unbroken From You. For more information about Samuel Plauche, you can find his website (www.samuelplauche.com) or on Instagram @sam.plauche
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His favorite vegetable to eat is the brussels sprout.
Sarah hobson
(she/her)
Illustrator, Painter, Beatnik
Sarah Hobson is a visual artist who, while once living in Chicago, is now based out of Massachusetts. Her illustrations utilize intricate detail and definitive line-work to portray environmentally surrealistic scenes. Her favorite book is Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, and her favorite food is the pretzel. She has a prolific body of work, which can all be found on her Instagram @hob.is.dead
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