from LCRW no.
13
Zines Reviews
The
Land-Grant College Review
is a new independent lit mag from New York, NY, whose first ish came
out last summer. It's a beautiful thing (in the way $12 mags usually
are) with title-page art for all the stories by Joy Kolitsky. Most
enjoyed: Karen Rile's "Gingerbread City". There are some
other good ones here, esp. Josip Novakovich's "Easy Living"
and a new Aimee Bender story. Back to college, hi ho, and all that.
$12, lit mag size, PO Box 1164, NY NY 10159
In Tres glossy. Pictures
of house boat pirates. Interview with Werner Herzog. Pretty sure I
got this at Other Music in NYC. What a place. V1,N3, $(wasn't this
free? How do they do that?), 5 by 5, (as she said), 35 Howard St.,
NY NY 10013
The Free Press Death Ship
Either you know about this by now, or you don't. It's a fantastic
thing. It is an opinionated thing. It is a review. It is a polemic.
It is a conversation. It is most definitely not on the web. Send a
couple of dollars and stand firm. $1-? large, PO Box 94545, Hayward,
CA 94545
The
Broken Face What possessed me to think that I'd have the time
to read hundred of music reviews and so on and on. Man at back raising
lighter, put it away. Hope may rise eternal but the fire code overrules
you. I think it was the great design (lots of content, but without
that overstuffed feeling) and that they reviewed tons of bands I'd
never heard of (including J-Pop, yay!). It sucked me in then, and
now, so go figure. Online, a bit, too. No.15, $6, large, Mats Gustafsson,
Brovagen 14, 610 72 Vagnharad, Sweden
Hoyden Earning money is
hard. Earning money by picking fruit just sucks. But life is long
and there's time for this and other things. Comic, basic, but worth
your buck. #3, $1, half-letter, not slim, hoyden888@yahoo.com
Bully Boy Ok, so don't
have the full ish or much info, but this seems worth tracking down
(because we saw it being made at the copier). Git, go email. Odd.
Great pic of a skateboarder on the cover. #2, $?, half-letter, 12pp.,
j-shep@msn.com
Oral Acts of Outrage: New &
Collected Poems Chapbook split into two acts -- with an intermission,
mais oui. Emotion runs beneath the surface, held back by a cool
and sometimes wry voice. Emotion outs in the end. $a couple, half
letter, 34pp., Jules Nyquist julesnyquist@yahoo.com
Kitty
Magik Glossy! I could of sworn I'd reviewed an earlier ish
(3?) of this. It was a groovy girl-band and stuff zine. Couldn't find
the review (too scared to go dig up the zine, look, they went full
size and glossy and we. Yep. Stopped that thought. Back to nonglossy
next time. Kitty Magik steps into a new space and is very comfortable
there. Janeane Garafalo interviews Sleater-Kinney, Cat Power is in
there, and a bunch of other things. Don't blink: evolution is occurring.
#8, $4, letter, full-bodied, PO Box 96, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0096
The Blotter Skunk encounter
and chicken paintings makes everything worthwhile. June 2003, freebie,
letter, slim, Ignatz R. Butterfly, PO Box 175, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Clamor
Someone has to ask the questions, set a spark to the grassroots, kick
up a ruckus. Even while this issue concentrates on travel there is
still a helluva cultural critique going on here. A real alternative
voice. #22, $4.50 (sub $18), letter, hefty, PO Box 20128, Toledo,
OH 43610
Junior High Yearbook: New Fiction
by Carolyn Tuttle, Chris Besinger, & Spencer Keralis More proof
that Minneapolis is an incredible hotbed of all things literary. JHY
is a three-story chapbook dedicated to seduction: Madeline -- seduced
by a voice on the phone; the eighth grade orchestra -- by the new
music teacher; and Armando -- who attempts vice, only to find seduction.
$5, half-letter, 31pp., Laughing
Mouse Press, 304 W 22nd St. #303, Minneapolis, MN 55404 laughing_mouse@att.net
how cattle herding is a slowdance
A poetry chapbook by Brecken Rose Hancock, one of the powerhouses
behind the Canadian litzine Backyard Ashes -- which is up to
#5 and is highly recommended. (Backyard Ashes has a freshness
to their poetry (and the full letter-sized presentation) that keeps
me reading and returning.) Back to cattle herding, which is
a beautiful thing with cattle-skull cover art by Jared Peace and has
a lovely (handmade paper?) flyleaf. The poems reminded me of Nin Andrews.
There's family and strangeness, food and grief, inextricably intertwined.
c/o Backyard Ashes, 34 Mackenzie Cres., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SJ7
2R5, Canada backyard_ashes@hotmail.com
Brainscan
Quick, hide the photocopier. Oh, too late. Now see what she's done:
she's gone and done a zine again. Alex isn't the girl writing in public
so much anymore: she's riding her bike, she's married. Before that:
a zine fair; nights at shows; Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls (great idea);
and aren't there always friends? Another great buy from Mac's Backs
in Cleveland. This underground thing (esp. the Perpetual Motion Roadshow)
is amazing. Zinester from west coast travels to middle. Later the
same year reader from east coast does same. Communication occurs.
#19 (Microcosm #76017), $2, 64pp., Brainscan, POB 14332, Portland,
OR 97293
Iron Clad This one from
Quimby's. Amazing cover. The
story of the Iron Clad ships in the US Civil War in comic form. Oh
yeah. History teachers should be lining up to get their students reading
this. Includes notes and technical specs for the ships. Extra points
if you remember their names. $2, letter, Dan
Zettwoch, 1914 Yale Ave., Apt.1N, St. Louis MO 64143
Supermonster by Kevin Huizenga
-- who's featured in the new Drawn & Quarterly Showcase. Huizenga's
style is reminiscent of Dylan Horrocks and his impressionistic --
often wordless -- mellow comics make for satisfying, relaxing reading.
Low on the tension, high on the recommended list. #12 ('99-00), $3,
fat, quarter-letter, Kevin
Huizenga, POB 12299, St. Louis, MO 63157
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