Issue #9 of My Aim Is True, a 1/8-sized zine that is lovingly and craftily printed and bound by Carrie Colpitts, states on its first page it’s… Read more “A review of My Aim Is True no. 9: Scary Stuff”
Author: David Nilsen
you will be gone so long
I’ve been on a Lupe Vélez kick this last week, rewatching Palooka, Hell Harbor, and Where East Is East over the weekend. She’s criminally misrepresented when she’s remembered at all.… Read more “you will be gone so long”
Emma Watson
Can we take a moment to talk about Emma Watson? Because I kind of adore her right now. Honestly, I haven’t even decided if she’s a good… Read more “Emma Watson”
Smoky, Drowsy Reverb of Dawn
I didn’t sleep real well last night, like I don’t most nights. It’s been this way since early childhood, and I used to just assume everyone laid… Read more “Smoky, Drowsy Reverb of Dawn”
A review of Goth Gang: A Memoir zine Parts 1 & 2
Truth: If your zine is about The Smiths or The Cure, I will buy it. If it is about both, I will buy it and sing gently… Read more “A review of Goth Gang: A Memoir zine Parts 1 & 2”
you will ache like I ache
My wife has been in Chicago all week for a work event, so it was just the kid and me over the weekend. We got up Sunday… Read more “you will ache like I ache”
A review of Emmy Perez’s With the River On Our Face
Emmy Pérez’s collection With the River on Our Face is intimately tied to the territory of its origin. Taking as its muse the land, wildlife, and people in… Read more “A review of Emmy Perez’s With the River On Our Face”
Beauty and the Beast
I was nine years old when the animated version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast came out, but I was probably ten when it came to VHS and… Read more “Beauty and the Beast”
Current Obsessions
As you probably already know, I left my library job at the beginning of February to write full-time, and I’m now working on my novel in earnest.… Read more “Current Obsessions”
A review of Julia Eff’s Lizard People, Dear Reader zine
Taking a break from their heavier (and excellent) zines about gender, mental health, and small-minded assholes, Julia Eff now gives us a small zine about…well, Lizard People.… Read more “A review of Julia Eff’s Lizard People, Dear Reader zine”
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