This book is kind of light and chick-litish, but it’s about women’s roller derby, so it’s at least a little bit awesome. What separates it from typical chick-lit is that while there’s definitely a dude involved, it’s really about not getting the guy.
The classic 16-year-old cut-and-paste zine has been best-ofed, featuring 14 issues assembled by artists. It’s a super cool concept, and I love that even as the zine got fancy, Hughes continued to distribute it for a dollar.
The latest Library Journal zine reviews column is out. The theme this time around was zines by people who took at least five years off between zines.
Detroit based authors Steve Hughes and Lynn Crawford in conversation with Librarian Jenna Freedman
Thursday, September 15
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, BKNY
Conference
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia University
Anne’s stories of making zines with women college students in Cambodia (“women college students in Cambodia” is a really big deal), are mixed in with Cambodian history and information about the current state of the country, and etiquette lessons for foreign travelers, e.g., don’t haggle.
Female French Resistance memoir: that’s all you need to know, right? Nancy Wake was high-spirited and strong-willed. She wasn’t the best writer you’ll ever read, but her memoir does give you some sense of her personality and adventures in Europe during World War II. It leaves you hungry for more, so like me, you’ll probably want to dig up a copy of Nancy Wake: a Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine or Nancy Wake: SOE’s Greatest Heroine.
The next Library Journal zine reviews column, due out on the internet in early September will review zines by people who came out of "retirement" to create a new zine after at least five years. For my 500 word introduction I interviewed each of the zine publishers reviewed. With only 500 words (and really that was probably too long), I couldn't include all of the great stuff each person had said. Therefore, I'm posting all of the interviews here. Here lies the last one, an interview with Randy Spaghetti who has continued Darlene Zine after five years of accidental hiatus.
The next Library Journal zine reviews column, due out on the internet in early September will review zines by people who came out of "retirement" to create a new zine after at least five years. For my 500 word introduction I interviewed each of the zine publishers reviewed. With only 500 words (and really that was probably too long), I couldn't include all of the great stuff each person had said. Therefore, I'm posting all of the interviews here. The penultimate interviewee is Ailecia Ruscin, who went ten years between issues of Alabama Grrrl. The out-of-retirement issue is a split with Ciara Xyerra's Love Letters to Monsters. Unfortunately Ailecia was very pressed for time and could only respond to one of the questions.
The next Library Journal zine reviews column, due out on the internet in early September will review zines by people who came out of "retirement" to create a new zine after at least five years. For my 500 word introduction I interviewed each of the zine publishers reviewed. With only 500 words (and really that was probably too long), I couldn't include all of the great stuff each person had said. Therefore, I'm posting all of the interviews here. Third up is Kathy Moseley, who donated her zine collection to DePaul University and continues to add to her gift (finding aid pdf). She does the zine SemiBold.
