Liz Mason publishes zines with names like Caboose and Cul-de-sac. Her work has been in places like Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook and the back of the toilet at her friends’ houses. She has worked at Quimby’s Bookstore since 2001 and is currently in the Master of Science in Library & Information Science program at Chicago State University. She once made an appearance on a reality show on NBC where executives called zines "pamphlets" like they were Marxist propaganda. Catch her on CHIRP Radio Wednesday mornings 6-9AM CT and find her on the internet @caboosezine and at LizMasonIsAwesome.com.

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