This weekend I went to the Portland Zine Symposium and picked up this lot, all through trades. Pretty good haul, I think. I'm going to read through them, and then I might come back and tell you about the best ones.
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- susie r
- A Brit who got lucky enough to move back to the States. Brill. I like pictures and I like America.
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Books Read in 2012
- 31. Insurgent - Veronica Roth
- 30. Epistemology of the Closet - Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
- 29. Richard Yates - Tao Lin
- 28. How Should a Person Be? - Sheila Heti
- 27. Divergent - Veronica Roth
- 26. Santa Olivia - Jacqueline Carey
- 25. The Best Creative Nonfiction Volume 3 - ed. Lee Gutkind
- 24. The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
- 23. The Difference Between You and Me - Madeleine George
- 22. Girl Walking Backwards - Bett Williams
- 21. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon - Gideon Defoe
- 20. The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
- 19. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists - Gideon Defoe
- 18. The Natural - Bernard Malamud
- 17. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
- 16. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
- 15. Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws - Kate Bornstein
- 14. Fair Coin - E.C. Myers
- 13. Just My Type - Simon Garfield
- 12. Are You My Mother? - Alison Bechdel
- 11. On the Road - Jack Kerouac
- 10. Matilda - Roald Dahl
- 9. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) - Mindy Kaling
- 8. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
- 7. Fine Fine Music - Cassie J. Sneider
- 6. The Washington Story - Adam Langer
- 5. Look At Me - Jennifer Egan
- 4. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
- 3. Q - Evan Mandery
- 2. An Object of Beauty - Steve Martin
- 1. Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
Books Read in 2011
- 23. Kraken - China Mieville
- 22. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
- 21. Prisoners of the Sun / Red Rackham's Treasure - Herge
- 20. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
- 19. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communism - Gideon Defoe
- 18. A Visit From the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
- 17. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
- 16. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- 15. The Thieves of Manhattan - Adam Langer
- 14. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
- 13. The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce
- 12. Gingerbread Girl - Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
- 11. Valencia - Michelle Tea
- 10. Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol
- 9. Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow
- 8. Abhorsen - Garth Nix
- 7. Landing - Emma Donoghue
- 6. Foxfire - Joyce Carol Oates
- 5. Lirael - Garth Nix
- 4. An Architectural Guidebook to Portland - Bart King
- 3. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts - Simon Garfield
- 2. The IHOP Papers - Aly Liebegott
- 1. Trickster's Queen - Tamora Pierce
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Some Nice Posts
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Well folks, it's time for another lengthy blog post about how I print stuff. This time, I printed some business cards and some promo ... -
Been making quite a few things with eraser stamps lately. It is basically the cheapest form of print-making possible, and so is suited for s... -
Unbelievably, Tim and I actually managed to pull a zine together, as threatened. It's called Enthusiasm , you may view the cover of Issu... -
Today we are going to run some experiments. First thing: I love movies, and I also looove watching movie trailers. They are like the most ... -
So this is the thing I am now most excited about in my life: Whip It! looks amazing . Take the alluring and intriguing world of all-girl ro...
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Oh my god, guys, I just saw the BEST MOVIE EVER. For reals. It's called City of Ember, it's basically a kid's movie, it has got ... -
Well, I was half way through my list of sort-of book reviews, covering the entirety of what I read in 2009, which is not as much as usual: s...
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So today, in the spirit of sociological research, we are going to test a lady-related theory. The theory, which is not a new one, goes like ... -
I'm calling this one Continuous Cities. Four-colour screenprint , 2011. The image size is about 10 by 13", the paper size is 15 by... -
Apologies for the slightly rubbish quality of these pics; my phone does not have the best camera. (I've realised it tends to focus pret...
Followers
2010's Books
- 32. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M. R. James
- 31. From Here to There: A Curious Collection From the Hand-Drawn Map Association - ed. Kris Harzinski
- 30. Scott Pilgrim books 1 to 6 - Bryan Lee O'Malley
- 29. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
- 28. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking - David Bayles and Ted Orland
- 27. Slow River - Nicola Griffith
- 26. Sabriel - Garth Nix
- 25. Blandings Castle - P G Wodehouse
- 24. An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks
- 23. The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
- 22. Trumpet - Jackie Kay
- 21. Girl Meets Boy - Ali Smith
- 20. Commencement - J. Courtney Sullivan
- 19. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
- 18. Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee
- 17. Carry On, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
- 16. The Belly of Paris - Emile Zola
- 15. The Truth - Terry Pratchett
- 14. Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
- 13. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
- 12. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
- 11. La Bete Humaine - Emile Zola
- 10. Empress of the World - Sara Ryan
- 9. John Berger - Ways of Seeing
- 8. Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian
- 7. Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter
- 6. French Milk - Lucy Knisley
- 5. The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- 4. Annie On My Mind - Nancy Garden
- 3. Potential - Ariel Schrag
- 2. Awkward/Definition - Ariel Schrag
- 1. Small Island - Andrea Levy
2009's Books
- 29. Palimpsest - Catherynne Valente
- 28. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
- 27. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
- 26. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
- 25. Death at Intervals - Jose Saramago
- 24. Germinal - Emile Zola
- 23. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
- 22. The Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss
- 21. A Short Histroy of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
- 20. Home - Marilynne Robinson
- 19. Locas - Jaime Hernandez
- 18. Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck
- 17. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
- 16. Dress Your Children in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
- 15. Pirates! In an Adventure With Napoleon - Gideon Defoe
- 14. The First Person and Other Stories - Ali Smith
- 13. The Flight of Icarus - Raymond Queneau
- 12. Molly Fox's Birthday - Deidre Madden
- 11. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keyes
- 10. Americana - Don DeLillo
- 9. Watchmen - Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- 8. Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow
- 7. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City - Nick Flynn
- 6. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
- 5. The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol.II - Ed. Lee Gutkind
- 4. Small World - David Lodge
- 3. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel
- 2. Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
- 1. Changing Places - David Lodge
2008's Books
- 50. Ladies' Delight - Emile Zola (trans. April Fitzlyon)
- 49. The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
- 48. McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes
- 47. 19 Knives - Mark Anthony Jarman
- 46. Angel Pavement - J. B. Priestley
- 45. A Far Cry From Kensington - Muriel Spark
- 44. Hotel World - Ali Smith
- 43. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Tom Robbins
- 42. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison
- 41. White Noise - Don DeLillo
- 40. Michael Tolliver Lives - Armistead Maupin
- 39. The Man Who Was Thursday - G. K. Chesterton
- 38. Patience and Sarah - Isabel Miller
- 37. Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories - Roald Dahl ed.
- 36. Sure of You - Armistead Maupin
- 35. Girl Meets Boy - Ali Smith
- 34. Desert of the Heart - Jane Rule
- 33. Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown
- 32. The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
- 31. Fun Home - Alison Bechdel
- 30. The Best American Nonrequired Reading - Dave Eggers ed.
- 29. Black Hole - Charles Burns
- 28. Sorry, Tree - Eileen Myles
- 27. Landscapes of Memory: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered - Ruth Kluger
- 26. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
- 25. How I Learned To Drive - Paula Vogel
- 24. Austerlitz - W.G.Sebald
- 23. Empire Falls - Richard Russo
- 22. Shorts Are Wrong - Mike Topp
- 21. The Nanny Diaries - Some nannies
- 20. Broken Glass - Arthur Miller
- 19. The Heidi Chronicles - Wendy Wasserstein
- 18. Thud! - Terry Pratchett
- 17. Oleanna - David Mamet
- 16. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
- 15. Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett
- 14. Juno: The Shooting Script - Diablo Cody
- 13. If This is a Man/The Truce - Primo Levi
- 12. Sexual Perversity in Chicago/Duck Variations - David Mamet
- 11. Three Tall Women - Edward Albee
- 10. The Plague - Albert Camus
- 9. Jitney - August Wilson
- 8. Lucky Man - Ben Tanzer
- 7. 'Night, Mother - Marsha Norman
- 6. Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell
- 5. A Lie of the Mind - Sam Shepherd
- 4. Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh
- 3. Fool For Love - Sam Shepherd
- 2. True West - Sam Shepherd
- 1. Crossing California - Adam Langer
2007's Books
- 47. The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 1 - Lee Gutkind (ed.)
- 46. Tamara Drewe - Posy Simmons
- 45. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 44. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brian
- 43. Notes of a Native Son - James Baldwin
- 42. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
- 41. Significant Others - Armistead Maupin
- 40. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 39. Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon - Chuck Palahniuk
- 38. On Photography - Susan Sontag
- 37. Unlocking the Air - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 36. Resurrection - Leo Tolstoy
- 35. The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters Between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill 1952-73
- 34. The Word For World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 33. The Wind's Twelve Quarters - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 32. Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 31. A Fisherman of the Inland Sea - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 30. The Birthday of the World - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 29. Babycakes - Armistead Maupin
- 28. Dubliners - James Joyce
- 27. She Came in Drag - Mary Wings
- 26. The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
- 25. Pirates! In an Adventure With Communists - Gideon Defoe
- 24. The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
- 23. Very Far Away From Anywhere Else - Ursula K. LeGuin
- 22. Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States - Gary Younge
- 21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K.Rowling
- 20. A Room With a View - E.M.Forster
- 19. The Compass Rose - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 18. Pot Luck ('Pot-Bouille') - Emile Zola
- 17. Everybody Into the Pool -Beth Lisick
- 16. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
- 15. 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
- 14. Pirates! In an Adventure With Ahab - Gideon Defoe
- 13. Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists - Gideon Defoe
- 12. The Masterpiece - Emile Zola
- 11. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life - Herman Melville
- 10. Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
- 9. Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
- 8. The Outsider - Richard Wright
- 7. The Ladies' Paradise - Emile Zola
- 6. 12 Million Black Voices - Richard Wright
- 5. Native Son - Richard Wright
- 4. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
- 3. His Dark Materials (play version) - Nicholas Wright
- 2. The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. DuBois
- 1. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
2006's Books
- 50. The Collected Ghost Stories - Edith Wharton
- 49. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
- 48. Carnet De Voyage - Craig Thompson
- 47. Topdog/Underdog - Suzan-Lori Parks
- 46. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- 45. Collected Stories - Carol Shields
- 44. The Silent Gondoliers - William Goldman
- 43. Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes
- 42. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
- 41. Selected Poems - Gwendolyn Brooks
- 40. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
- 39. A Passage to India - E.M.Forster
- 38. Mercury Presides - Daphne Fielding
- 37. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
- 36. A Boy of Good Breeding - Miriam Toews
- 35. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
- 34. The Quiet American - Graham Greene
- 33. Locas - Jaime Hernandez
- 32. The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
- 31. Changing Planes - Ursula K. LeGuin
- 30. On Beauty - Zadie Smith
- 29. Further Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
- 28. Matilda - Roald Dahl
- 27. If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino
- 26. Runaway - Alice Munro
- 25. More Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
- 24. Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
- 23. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews
- 22. Other Stories and Other Stories - Ali Smith
- 21. The Whole Story and Other Stories - Ali Smith
- 20. Trickster's Choice - Tamora Pierce
- 19. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
- 18. The Volcano Lover - Susan Sontag
- 17. Gemma Bovary - Posy Simmonds
- 16. Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter
- 15. The Accidental - Ali Smith
- 14. The Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie
- 13. Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
- 12. The Smoking Diaries - Simon Gray
- 11. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
- 10. Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
- 9. Corregidora - Gayl Jones
- 8. Close Range:Wyoming Stories - Annie Proulx
- 7. Tales From Arabian Nights
- 6. Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid
- 5. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
- 4. McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - ed. Michael Chabon
- 3. The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth
- 2. The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
- 1. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
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