zines and things is a Portland zine team running a zine shop and publishing confessional perzines, art zines, and intimate essays.
318 SE Main St. Suite 155
Portland, OR
97214
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Since inception, zines + things has strived to amplify stories that arenāt typically heard. Collaborating with prose writers, poets and visual artists, creator, Rebekah Markillie has endeavored to bring these works to life in intimate, original, hand-made zines. Works like BRAVE, Portland Heat and the others published by zines + things provide readers glimpses into the lived experiences, big and small, of the courageous writers who contributed their stories.
Tabling as zines + things at Portland Zine Symposium 2018, Rebekah met Jessica Wadleigh, a memoirist who left the show with a copy of zines + thingsā Crybaby Crybaby. The stories shared in that collection mirrored Jessicaās work in self-published chapbooks Sunshine, a trans-coming-of-age story, and Doing Laundry, a zine which speaks to how anxiety crops up in the most mundane circumstances. Shortly after Portland Zine Symposium, Jessica began curating and hosting ātell me a story,ā a literary reading series focused on providing space for LGBTQ, POC and women writers, while continuing to publish her own zines.
It took us a year and a paper slicer to finally connect. When we met in a tea shop in early July 2019, neither of us expected where our new connection would take us. That not only would a friendship develop, but also a deep level of professional respect. We found in each other someone who would answer every idea with a āyes, and ā¦ā, someone who also shared a passion for the personal connections that come from creating books from the ground up. It was very apparent that we needed to collaborate.
Weāre pleased to announce that weāre joining forces to grow zines + things and ātell me a storyā in new and wonderful new directions. zines + things will work directly alongside writers, partnering to develop and produce meaningful work, and providing an alternative to traditional publishing models. ātell me a storyā will grow too, providing our audience with additional shows, stronger connections with our contributors, and published volumes highlighting the works heard at our shows.
