Paul Durica

Craft Beer enthusiast zine published by Bridgeport's own beer magnate Ed Marszewski of Maria's Packaged Goods. Articles detailing beer concerns local and international, past and present.

Anthology, from back cover: " Rust Belt Chicago collects essays, journalism, fiction, and poetry from more than fifty writers who speak both directly and elliptically to the concerns the city shares with the region at large."

Chicago is built on a foundation of meat and railroads and steel, but its identity long ago stretched past manufacturing. A city of opportunity from the get-go, it continues to lure new residents from around the world, and from across a region rocked by recession and deindustrialization. But the problems that plague the Belt don’t disappear once you get past Gary. In fact, they’re often amplified. Chicago’s glittering downtown towers stand in sharp contrast to the struggling south and west sides. A city defined by movement that’s the anchor of the Midwest, bound to its neighbors by a shared ecosystem and economy, Chicago’s complicated – both of the Belt and beyond it. Which makes it a perfect subject for a book.

Mash Tun is a journal on beer and brewing in Chicago. This issue has articles about Indiana Breweries, Cheese, and interviews with brewers from Deschutes and pipeworks Breweries.

The Land Line is a quarterly publication based in Chicago invested in furthering print publication. It is a collaborative effort by a collection of artists, writers, activists, and musicians who contribute literary criticism, Chicago history, and various explorations of style and genre. The Land Line is committed to a collective production process, including laying out the paper by hand so that everyone can be involved. The benefit shows, film screenings, and readings they host not only fund the paper but are essential to the project of building a community around the journal.

An installment of the Poetry Magazine.

"In this issue issue, a directory groups, organizations, publications, individuals, and projects. Everyone here contributes to the ongoing movement of participatory, collectivist, and interventionist initiatives influencing the way we make and see art."