Amazing Sunflower's Blog – January 2009 Archive (5)

Some years back, I interviewed Ayun Halliday (of East Village Inky and The Big Rumpus and No Touch Monkey fame) for Clamor. I can't remember what title this interview had when it was in the magazine.



Ayun Halliday is the author of the recently released book The Big Rumpus. She is also the writer and illustrator of the quarterly zine The East Village Inky and the mother of two in the under-five crowd. I adore her work. When I start reading The East Village Inky, I cannot put it down,… Continue

Chantel’s Zines



A Few Words—my first collection of poems—$1



The Best of Poet-in-the-Box—a short collection of poems that I wrote on demand as my alter ego while sitting in a cardboard box (really!)— $1



Poems for the Year—a collection of over 20 poems not found in any of my other poetry booklets. I wrote one or more poems in a variety of styles for each month, from the cold of Kansas winter to the heat of Kansas summer—$2



August… Continue

The Project for January is A Poem A Day.



I have to give myself projects and challenges or I never get anything done. This time I have invited other poets to join me.



I guess the title is self-explanatory, but here's the invitation I sent out to other poets:



1) Write a poem each day during the month of January 2009.



2) Give yourself full permission to write mostly crap. The exercise does not call for a great poem or even a complete poem every day. The… Continue

I wrote the following review for Zine World #25:



Let’s D.I.Y. #2: This issue of Let’s D.I.Y. is subtitled “Off the Page: taking zine-making to the community” and was produced by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go. It tells why zine-makers should get involved with community groups and gives info on how to begin and maintain such partnerships. Once the basics are covered, there’s some more in-depth information on how to do it all better. The zine closes with a list of resources as well as questions… Continue

I wrote the first review for the Feminist Review Blog, and it can be found here

http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007/06/you-live-for-fight-when-thats-all-that.html



The second review was written for issue #25 of Zine World.



This zine is the latest from the woman who brought the world five issues of A Renegade’s Handbook to Love & Sabotage. After her dad’s unexpected death in 2002, she took a break from producing zines because “the words just didn’t come out in a… Continue