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Our first fundraiser was a success. We had a yard sale to raise for printing and hopefully for our first reading. It was hard work but it was worth it. I feel more motivated than ever with my first endeavor in self publishing. There is something liberating in knowing that our work will produce our desired results... that we do not have to censor or include voices that we feel do not go with our vision...there is no pause...no hesitation now...it is go go go...write...create...live

Read an article in Poets and Writers about "guerilla publishing." There is some comfort in that simple act of rebellion-of forcing your words out there, of not waiting for the approval of some larger entity to tell you that you're voice is important enough to be published. Yet there is an inner struggle, a contradiction in what I want to do with my zine. Am I really that different from that entity in asking for submissions? Part of me says fuck yes and the other says hell no. Who am I to judge w… Continue

Hola! I am new to the world of zines so I am learning as I go. The zine my friend Gaby and I are working on is called Ordinary. Art. Literature. Culture. The name says it all-we are looking to celebrate the ordinary, the everyday, the working class, the Spanish-only, the Spanglish, the housewife- everything that makes up our community. If anyone has tips or suggestions please send them our way.

This blog is part of Ordinary. Art. Literature. Culture. A Zine. The mission of Ordinary is to publish writers who have different voices in one place as a form of demonstration that no matter who you are, what you do, what kind of education you have if you are a writer you have a voice. Our mission is to bring creative writing, in particular poetry, to the community through the publication of the Zine, neighborhood poetry readings and other events that promote creativity and equality.

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