#zine culture

NEW ZINES

Assisted Living- From one of the modern masters of the sentence comes this handsome pocket-sized chapbook of four gloriously oddball short stories. ($6)

Behind the Zines #8: A Zine About Zines- The upswing in wrestling zines, amateur press associations, a brief history of Razorcake, so much. ($3)

Being- A lyrical memoir that works to put into words what it is to be transgender. It’s a book about relationships, about growing up, about the body and mind, about desire, about parenting, about how we adjust to huge changes, and about whom we know ourselves to be. ($6)

Digna- Part personal zine and part workbook zine, Digna looks at how healing can occur through both sound and the dream realm and how the two can overlap. ($7)

Glean Zine- A compact introduction to gleaning, food waste the world over, and how we can begin thinking differently about our food habits. Gorgeous comics and illustrations from the one-and-only Nicki Sabalu (DIY or Don’t We) throughout. ($5)

Hope That Clears Things Up: Six Ideas Rejected by Warby Parker- A series of strange and confrontational pitches to online glasses retailer Warby Parker. In the tradition of Joe Wenderoth’s Letters to Wendy’s, Jim Joyce (of Let it Sink zine) creates something strange, uncomfortable, and oddly hilarious. ($2)

How Restaurants Work- An art zine about working restaurant jobs. Weird food photos, strange receipts, and words about the reality and injustices of food service. ($10)

Lizard Men- A short collection of men posing with reptiles on Tinder. ($2)

Radical Domesticity #2: The Sewing Issue- How to sew on a button, how to sew in a zipper, the differences between scissors, how to measure yourself correctly, and so much more. ($3)

Radical Domesticity #3: Summers Up- Herbs and flowers to save the bees, ice-cube tray recipes, communal living, and more. ($3)

Radical Domesticity #4: Wintering- Preparing for the fall and winter months. A guide to deciduous leaves, DIY bird feeders and seed, recipes for hot beverages and warming foods, how to keep a cold at bay. ($3)

Reclaiming Dreams for Survivors- A short zine to assist abuse survivors that have issues around sleeping and dreaming. Going through herbs that can assist in this process, the zine offers a range of techniques and possibilities. Available in English and Spanish versions. ($7)

Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom- The new edition of Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom is a deeply researched “guide for practiced herbalists and midwives to better serve the women of their communities.” Benefits and safety issues, historical context, herbal implantation inhibitors, and so much more. ($7)

Starvation Mode- Seattle’s Elissa Washuta mini-memoir on struggling for culinary control. ($6)

Tin Can Telephone #7- Various delves into the obscure: an in-depth of ‘60s Doctor Who novelty records, a primer on library music, interviews with Unread Records and Andy Rench, zine reviews, great photos. It’s always such a treat. ($5)

User Not Found- A pocket-sized chapbook on social media and life in the digital age. In a single, long-form lyric essay, Felicity explores our collective addiction from a variety of angles. It’s a many-layered joyride of a think-piece. ($6)

We, the Drowned #4: The Inevitable- The latest in Jonas Cannon’s continued series of odd and hopeful stories about connection and disconnection. The highlight: a conversation between Jonas, Cindy Crabb (Doris), and Alex Wrekk (Brainscan) about regret (or the lack thereof) and the many possible paths that could have been. ($3)

Women of Color Zine #15- Place-based representation in children’s publishing, Black women bookworms, and so much more. ($5)

NEW BOOKS

Excavation: A Memoir- The debut memoir from the great Wendy C. Ortiz. ($15)

Incandescent: A Color Film Zine, Issue 16- Hay, high chairs, salt mines, forsythia, dried flowers, things on fire. All of this and more in the latest issue of our favorite photography journal. ($14)

Liar: A Memoir- When Rob Roberge learns that he’s likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. ($15)

Pretend We Live Here: Stories- In her debut collection of stories, Genevieve Hudson explores the idea of home and what it means to find one: in the body, in the world, in other people. ($13)

NEW MUSIC

Antiquated Future Records: The First Seven Years compilation- Nineteen songs from the first seven years of our label. Slightly-skewed pop, indie rock, lo-fi folk, oddball electronic, and soundscape wizardry. (cassette + digital download) ($5)

Dorothy Carter- Troubador- Otherworldly hammered dulcimer lushness. Surprising, largely instrumental, with splashes of Dorothy Carter’s mystical Malvina Reynolds-esque vocals. (cassette) ($6)

Indira Valey- Yemas- A series of seven short rituals offering brief peeks into alternate dimensions, past lives, and dream worlds. (cassette + digital download) ($7)

Nicomo- Views- A smart six-song EP of breezy pop songs soaked in an ethereal haze. An early-morning hangout album meets complex after-dark mood music. For fans of Mega Bog, City Center, Shaggy Sample, Karl Blau, and Stephen Steinbrink. (CD) ($10)