i have a new issue of "love letters to monsters" out as of august 2010. it's a split with my friend & next-door neighbor (& long-time zinester) ailecia. she wrote "alabama grrrl" #9 & i wrote "love letters to monsters" #3. it's eighty quarter-sized pages, pretty heavy on the text. i wrote about topics including: moving to kansas, being a grad school widow, closing down my zine distro, becoming interested once again in writing fiction, the convoluted meaning of "community" in a punk/anarchist context, self-care & mental health, physical disability, tenants' rights, my father's unexpected death & my mother's unexpected conversion to islam, & more. ailecia wrote about what she wishes she would have known before enrolling in graduate school, tips on successfully integrating school with the rest of your life, grieving a friend who passed away too young, the excesses within the punk scene that lead to a culture of self-destruction, the importance of feminism, fat-positivity, & queer solidarity in punk scenes, an open letter to radical kids in lawrence calling them out on unchecked misogyny & violence, & more. we are both writing from an early 30s feminist personal perspective.
the zine costs $3 (anywhere in the world, including postage), which can be paid via paypal to learningtoleaveapapertrail@hotmail.com or mailed in cash to me at: ciara xyerra 1126 tennessee st. #5 lawrence KS 66044
trades may be acceptable. i like politically-tinged personal zines. drop me a line privately to set something up.
distros are also welcome to order copies. wholesale is $1.50 each (again, including postage, & anywhere in the world), which can be paid in the same ways listed above. i also accept checks made out to "ciara xyerra".
orders/subscriptions mailed alicia in wa amber in canada caitlin in fl carolyn in pa courtney in al ellisa in ny jessica in pa kari in ca katie in or katie in pa kyla in ny kylie in tx lori in mn sarina in ca thomas in mi timothy in pa yuliya in fl
this is almost everything. unless you are mieke, elena, maranda, niku, or jessika rae, if you ordered zines & haven't seen your name on any of these lists in the last couple of weeks, drop me a line or comment here.
orders/subscription mailed camille in ct cheryl in nj erin in nj lisa in in lisa mae in ca moriah in va nicki in wa sarah in canada tyler in wi zahira in australia
just a note: orders won't be mailed over the weekend & the post office is closed on monday for martin luther king jr. day. mailings will proceed again on tuesday. everything should be in the mail by the end of next week.
orders/payments mailed chris in canada christine in oh cindy in oh dianne in va elizabeth in nc emmalee in ca erica in pa ericka in mn heather in il jessica in canada kate in the UK kira in the UK sabrina in nj sailor in md sarah in nj sarah in ny stephanie in the UK sticky in australia tracey in canada tukru in the UK
i didn't make it to the post office yesterday, so i'm doing a double trip today. i am finally making some progress in all of the orders that have to be mailed!
orders mailed jenny in canada juliette in nm katherine ein the UK lizzy in the UK LB in il M in canada meredith in ca nicole in va wooden shoe in pa victoria in the UK
orders mailed don in ny jamie in pa jessi in mi kathee in oh kelsey in wa naomi in ca noemi in tx theresa in az vikki in ny violet in ca
here's how this is going to work: i'll package up & mail ten orders per day until everything has been mailed. it took me over an hour to address & stuff these ten packages & since my goal in closing down the distro is to have more time for myself & to take it easy in an effort to preserve my sanity, i'm not going to do any more than that at a time. i don't know exactly how many orders i have to fill, but it's somewhere around one hundred. so this will take a couple of weeks. if you placed an order & you don't see your name listed here once everything has been mailed, drop me a line. if i used to carry you zines & i still owe you money, let me know (unless you are ben, cindy, mary, or emmalee--i know i owe you all money & it's coming soon). if you run a zine distro & you want me to link to you on the front page of the former distro website &/or my blog, just say the word. if i owed you a refund because you ordered zines that were sold out, you should have it by now (except for one person who paid with an echeck...i forget who, but i can't issue your refund until the check clears--i have the details written down somewhere). if there's anything else i'm forgetting, let me know. okay!
order received bart in ma jamie in pa jessi in mi kelsey in wa LB in il lizzy in the UK naomi in ca noemi in tx victoria in the UK
permanently sold out chick pea #4/risk oblivious youth #1/2 doctrinal expletives #1 doctrinal expletives #2 doctrinal expletives #3 doris #27 high on burning photographs #4 next stop adventure #2 root #1 salt & slush #1 telegram ma'am #14 telegram ma'am #15 telegram ma'am #16 toothworm #4 truckface #8 truckface #10 truckface #11 truckface #13 we all have bones what i saw from where i stood up the logic punks! #1 your pretty face is going straight to hell #2 your pretty face is going straight to hell #4 your pretty face is going straight to hell #8
orders received christine in oh courtney in al dianne in the UK elizabeth in nc jenny in canada jessica in canada jessika rae in mi juliette in nm kate in the UK kathee in oh katie in or M in canada stephanie in the UK theresa in az tracey in canada violet in ca wooden shoe in pa
permanently sold out 8 letters #1 8 letters #2 america? #15 beyond gallery walls & dead white men: anarcha-feminism in action big hands #5.5 big hands #6 big hands #7 brainscan #21 brainscan #22 brainscan #23 chainbreaker #2 chainbreaker #3 chainbreaker #4 culture slut #17/telegram ma'am #17 doris #23 doris #24 doris #25 doris #26 doris: an anthology 1991-2001 dudes! 13 appointments eyes of pearl fertility awareness for non-invasive birth control fire hazard #2 hello alabama hot pantz HPV i dreamed i was assertive #11 it's not the end of the world!: living a life with limp wrists i was a teenage vegan cookbook #1 i was a teenage vegan cookbook #2 i was a teenage vegan cookbook #3 kiss off #13 ladders & hips life during wartime #9 messy dog/messy baby muffin bandit #2 next stop adventure #2 nothing rhymes #4 nothing rhymes #5 olly olly oxenfree #4 one way ticket #5 one way ticket #6 on the lower frequencies refugee root #3 root #5/stab #7 salt & slush #2 scrappy #1: a crafty zine for scrappy people--stitches scam #6 see no hear no speak no shotgun seamstress #1 shotgun seamstress #2 shotgun seamstress #3 show & tell #2 sojourner spokes of hazard #2 support talking nitrogen telegram ma'am #18/your pretty face is going straight to hell #9 truckface #12 where you from? wives tales your pretty face is going straight to hell #7 zine libs #1 zine libs #2 where you from?
