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Violet Fox (she / her) is a librarian, co-organizer of the Chicago Zine Fest, and zinester. She runs co-runs the Zine Librarians website, and her work can be found on her website. 

Our guest this episode is Violet Fox, a zinester and librarian based in Chicago. Among all sorts of other things, Violet co-organizes the Chicago Zine Fest and co-runs the Zine Libraries website.

Find all of Violets zines on her website:

During the episode we also mention the FB Zine Fest Organizer page

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Kel Karpinski (they/them or he/him) is a librarian and assistant professor in Brooklyn. He’s totally rad and sells zines at https://www.etsy.com/shop/hellotheresailor/

Our guest this time is Kel Karpinski, zinester and librarian in Brooklyn. Among all sorts of other things, Kel is co-organizer of the New York Queer Zine Fair.

We discuss community-making through zines, starting zine libraries, the role of zines in commemorating loved ones, what makes us want to buy some zines more than others, how hot Sonny Corleone is, and so much more!

Connect with Kel on the social:

Find all Kel’s zines on Etsy:

Kel mentioned the ongoing list of zinesters who have participated in the New York Queer Zine Fair. Check it out, organized by year: https://www.nyqzf.com

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Erin Segura teaches Louisiana French, makes zines to commemorate major life events, and is a total badass.

Our guest this episode is Erin Segura (she/her). Erin teaches Louisiana French at LSU, and is doing fun and exciting things with zines and language revitalization.

In this episode, we hear about Louisiana French Oral Histories, the role of zines in documenting Louisiana rural life (with a special shoutout to Prairie Des Femmes, the use of zines for grieving, and how much we all love Charis Books and More.

Erin also tells us the history of Louisiana French, and the current efforts to keep the language going.

Keep an eye on Louisiana French on Instagram for updates on student zines!

Alison Evans with the Golden Stapler!

Our guest this week is Alison Evans, zinester, writer, and all around very pleasant person.

Alison reads “My Gender is a Monster,” and “Plant Witch,” which are both available on Alison’s Etsy Page.

We talk about all sorts of fun stuff, including Sticky Institute, #enbylife, Concrete Queers and Alison’s sarcastically titled pandemic zine, “Thank God the Pandemic is Over.” More about all of these and more are available at https://www.alisonwritesthings.com/zines.

Our very first guest is Jessica Wadleigh, all around super rad zine maker.

Jessica reads “Potential Energy,” (soon to be available) and “Doing Laundry.”

Jessica mentioned a lot of great zine makers and resources, including:

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