news
i just turned 30 earlier this month. wow. a moment of silence for my 20s, and three cheers for the fact that i’ve been alive for 3 decades. i’ve decided in a somewhat unofficial capacity to support myself with my art/as a freelancer for as long as i am able to, with the hopes of making this a stable source of income down the line. this is a big leap, but i think it’s a leap that my mental health has been asking me to make for a while. so with that in mind, let’s do the news.
first, keep up with my zines:
join the zine club i started. $2 per month ($6 quarterly) gets you 3–5 zines every quarter, or it’s $7-10 for a monthly mailing of 2–3 zines (priced depending on whether you’re inside or outside the usa).
you can now download my mini zines (all 20+!!! of them) in one $10 digital bundle if you want to support my practice. a reminder that they are always free to download individually, too.
i’m also selling physical zines on etsy. i am trying to add at least 3 new zines to the shop a month, and am also adding sporadic sticker and print options.
lastly, you can (and should) follow all of my zine-related adventures @ramenzines on instagram.
published poem: “downtown as fruits” in Silly Goose Press’ Winter Whimsy Web Series
published poems: “i take it very seriously” and “desperately seeking spark” in electric pink
published poems: “i want to fall in love but instead i feast,” “poem in which the horrors persist,” “serial killing is a hobby, not a career,” and “sonnet for my fucking sanity” in Bullshit Lit
published poem: “corvid haters unfollow immediately” in Some Words
(re)published poem: “haworthia fasciata” in ALOCASIA: 99 queer writers on plants and nature1
published photographs: three outtake polaroids from the fine line in HORNS Issue 5
published poem: “ain’t never been wise” in Beaver Magazine Issue 14
published poem: “grief as a blistered shishito” in ballast 4.1
published poem: “decomposure” in JAKE
new chapbooks:
dry stoner is now available to preorder from Troublemaker Firestarter, dropping in just 6 days!
(e)laments, my collaborative micro with D.W. Baker, is now available to preorder from Stone Corpse Press, dropping in just 3 days!
notes
on the topic of expanding my zine practice, i recently starting putting together a collaborative zine of sorts with my friends in which we all anonymously share our old, cringe creative work. i’ve made a bunch of new zines this year, actually! it’s been broadly fun to explore other methods of making beyond writing, and even writing some of my more text-heavy nonfiction zines has brought its own sort of creative joy. it’s been nice to reimmerse myself in a creative life.
sneak peek
to that end, here are a few recent zine spreads of mine that i particularly like!
what’s happening
call: icymi, Bullshit Lit has reopened for online features subs!
release: Remi Recchia’s collection Addiction Apocalypse just released with Texas A&M Press
current events
here’s what i’ve been reading, watching, listening to, and playing.
books:2 Still My Father’s Son by Nora Hikari, Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beer, House of McQueen by Valerie Wallace, they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming by dezireé a. brown, Lemonworld & Other Poems by Carina Finn, Thin Glass by Christine Degenaars, Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort, Swan by Mary Oliver, Heirloom by Ashia Ajani, There Should Be Flowers by J. Jennifer Espinoza, Year of the Unicorn Kidz by jason b. crawford
tv: Southern Charm, The Traitors (U.S.), Summer House
games: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
the part where i ask for money
i have reopened paid subscriptions. while the pool will always be 100% free, i am still out of work and appreciate any support i’m able to get right now. if you’d prefer not to ferry your money through substack (i get it), you can also set up a recurring donation on ko-fi or send me a tip (scroll to the bottom of the page for payment links).
please also hit me up for freelance work! i’m happy to discuss your project ideas via email.
you can read the poem as it was originally pubbed on the web here, but you should 100% also order this anthology if you’re able; there are some GREAT names in here. i am star-struck as always.
currently at Firefly Farms for the Sundress Academy for the Arts residency and soaking in sooooo many books