Publications Received July 2014
Mishap #33
from Ryan Mishap
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Zines and books blend together like peanut butter &
jelly, so a book-themed zine is one natural bridge between two closely related
worlds. Mishap #33 is the 20th anniversary issue of Mishap. Ryan
dedicates this issue “to all those punks and zine creators still angry and
still enraged in the struggles to make a better world.”
Reading this zine is like having a friend recommend titles
you may never have heard of, but sound intriguing. Books like “Shaped by
Stories: The Ethical Power of Narrative” by Marshall Gregory or Judy
Pasternak’s “Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land
I’ll be the first to admit that I rarely read fiction (maybe
one novel a year), but that doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm for book review zines.
Mishap #33 features both fiction and non-fiction in reasonable measure,
peppered with gorgeous photographs from Ryan’s recent travels.
More on the zine/book
connection …
Sometimes one’s recent travels involve book hunting in the
great musty cathedrals that we bibliophiles worship in. Shelf Life #1
chronicles the book hunting & gathering adventures of Annie & Tim, two
people that I think I’d get along very well with. Having spent many years on
the quest for elusive titles (pre and post internet) I totally relate to this
wonderful meditation on the delights of perusing miles of dusty aisles at
legendary bookshops like Strand . Shelf Life #1
is a beautifully collaborative zine and wherelse could you read about a book
like American Communities by William
Alfred Hinds which chronicles another passion of mine – American communal
societies of the past two centuries. For
more information visit studiumpunctum.etsy.com.
Kevin Oliver sent me two very intriguing black & white
collage zines titled (I think) blighted
blighter and stay cool in the evil
zone #5. Thank you Kevin! Surrealist
art pulls us out of our mundane perceptions & these zines succeed in doing
exactly that. Zines like this are meant to be experienced rather than described
so write to Kevin at 11 Forbes
Street Worcester MA 01605
Paper and Ink Volume
2 is a literary zine centered around the theme of “Home”. There’s a cliché
that says that something can be more than the sum of its parts and Paper and
Ink illustrates this nicely. The quality
of writing in Paper and Ink overall
is uneven, but when it is brilliant, it holds beauty and emotional impact like with
the quietly powerful story “The Coach Home” by J.E.G. Jennifer Chardon’s “Your
Life Is The Story You Keep Telling Yourself” is literally true – our minds
decode the world by creating and designing stories about our past, present and
future every moment of every day.
Paper and Ink editor
Martin Appleby’s vision for this literary journal rings true and resonates – nothing
academic or pretentious here, thank Christ. it is a not-for-profit, paper-only
zine that you can not download & won’t find on your Kindle (please give
away / recycle / destroy your Kindle if you have one. Thank you - fm). For more
information check out inpursuitofexpression.com
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