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i go by the names Chrysothème A., Chryso, berlingotière, & berlingot.

i admire cloche hats, flivvers & tin lizzies, the taste of baklava, Dickensian nomenclature, garden urns, gasoline rainbows, peculiar saints & martyrdoms, poppies & anemones, ropes of pearls, bestial & labyrinthine topiaries, & miniature perfume bottles.

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zines i have available:

The Itinerant Postcard: $1 or trade
a 24-page, quarter-sized perzine with illustrations by Edward Gorey & prose & poetry by me. topics include cultural appropriation, mental illness, & the magnificent Marchesa Casati.

The Itinerant Postcard #2: $1 or trade
a 24-page, quarter-sized perzine with illustrations by Edward Gorey & my thoughts on Pinay identity, language, food, & race.

Hearts: 50 cents or a stamp or trade
a 16-page, 1/8-sized one-shot mini fanzine, a sort of prose poem love letter inspired by images on WeHeartIt.

Cherries In a Reliquary: $2 or trade
28 pages, 1/4-sized, cardstock cover. Nineteen small poems about love, fairy tales, witches, dolls, & other sundry subjects.

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Cherries In a Reliquary

Posted on May 11, 2013 at 8:30pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

28 pages, 1/4-sized, cardstock cover.

Nineteen small poems about love, fairy tales, witches, dolls, & other sundry subjects.

$2 or trade

The Itinerant Postcard #2

Posted on April 20, 2013 at 8:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes

back from hiatus, a new edition of The Itinerant Postcard #2. a 24-page 1/4-sized perzine that contains illustrations by Edward Gorey & my thoughts on Pinay identity, language, race, & food. $1 or trade.

Hearts

Posted on April 11, 2013 at 1:06am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Hearts is a 16-page, 1/8-sized one-shot mini fanzine, a sort of prose poem love letter inspired by images on the website weheartit.com. 50 cents or a stamp or trade

The Itinerant Postcard is back on sale

Posted on April 11, 2013 at 12:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

back on Etsy after a bit of hiatus, The Itinerant Postcard is a 24-page 1/4-sized perzine with illustrations by Edward Gorey & prose & poetry written by me. includes thoughts on cultural appropriation, poetry about the magnificent Marchesa Luisa Casati, & a prose piece dealing with my mental health. $1 or trade!

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Chrysothème A. commented on Kate Nicholson's group Literary Zines

"Cherries In a Reliquary: 28 pages, 1/4-sized, cardstock cover. Nineteen small poems about love, fairy tales, witches, dolls, & other sundry subjects. Your choice of yellow or pink cover. My perzine The Itinerant Postcard #1 also has poems…"

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Chrysothème A. commented on Filka's group Showcase your Zine

"Cherries In a Reliquary: 28 pages, 1/4-sized, cardstock cover. Nineteen small poems about love, fairy tales, witches, dolls, & other sundry subjects. Your choice of yellow or pink cover. "

May 18

Chrysothème A. commented on Amazing Sunflower's group Poetry Zines

May 17

Chrysothème A. liked Lady Pink Caribou's photo

The Mything Link - Issue 1

May 17

Tom Hendricks commented on Chrysothème A.'s blog post Cherries In a Reliquary

"Fine cover."

May 14

Chrysothème A. commented on Niku's group Mental Health Zines

"i’m interested in putting together a mental health zine focused on social anxiety disorder. social anxiety hates showing its face, but we need to express ourselves. please submit anything about social anxiety that you want to share:…"

May 13

Chrysothème A. commented on Elizabeth J. M. W.'s group Call For Submissions!

"a compilation zine about social anxiety disorder: click here for more info."

May 13

Chrysothème A. joined Elizabeth J. M. W.'s group

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May 13

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Kari Tervo left a comment for Chrysothème A.

"Thanks so much for Hearts! A pocket-sized piece of art."

May 11

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Cherries In a Reliquary

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"i have all the materials for The Itinerant Postcard #3. now if only i had the energy to make the layout."

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Chrysothème A. replied to Craven Rock's discussion Anti-zinester sentiment! How do you feel about the term zinester?

"i'm fine with the word "zinester." it may sound as ridiculous as "bookster," but it's not that different from "author." i'm a zinester who isn't really part of a (real life) "zine…"

May 6

Chrysothème A. commented on River Body's group West Coast Zinesters

"come check out my zines on Etsy!"

May 3

Chrysothème A. replied to Laura Lane's discussion Zinesters on Tumblr?

"http://berlingotiere.tumblr.com anyone else like discovering zines on tumblr? i like going through the zine tags & discovering all these new projects. it seems tumblr's a pretty good place to make calls for zine submissions because…"

May 3

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At 9:37pm on May 11, 2013, Kari Tervo said…: Thanks so much for Hearts! A pocket-sized piece of art.

At 7:49pm on April 16, 2013, Kari Tervo said…: Yes, I'd love to!

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Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Looking forward to it!

At 8:45pm on November 18, 2012, Honeyjoy Andres said…: hi there ! im honey from the philippines and im also into making zines. i saw your zine at http://wemakezines.ning.com/. ive been looking for people around the world that can help me distro zines, as well as can donate some stuffs to me because im currently looking forward into establishing an infoshop, resource center here in the philippines.

i hope you can help.

messgae me back for more info. thanks!

rad love. mad pride! :)

At 1:42pm on November 14, 2012, Lance Meadows said…: Got your zines in the mail yesterday... nice of you to throw in that extra of your brand new 1. Big Thanks.

At 9:43am on November 7, 2012, Lance Meadows said…: Nope didn't get yours so please send whenever you can.

At 1:28pm on November 6, 2012, Rochelle Fallout said…: Hello, hope you are having a nice day when you get this. Welcome to the zinesters of color group! I plan on buying your zines pretty soon, they both sound great. Ordinarily I'd be up for a trade but all of my copies have been spoken for right now. Well, hope to hear from you soon.

-rochelle

At 10:56am on November 5, 2012, Lance Meadows said…: Howdy C.A. Did you get my zine? Sent it like 3 weeks ago or so

At 1:28am on November 5, 2012, Lubomyr Tymkiv said…: We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "Tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Desired summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: "Zineshow" A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine. mailposht[.]gmail[.]com