Zine (z)

A short collection of poetry and essays on a variety of subjects like growing up, insomnia, and living with a disability.<br />

Short nonfiction piece about cultural intervention at American Girl Place and the discrepancies between the commericial &ldquo;wants&rdquo; American Girl hopes to inspire in little girls and what actual girls want.

<p>HFI would like to promote individual achievement &amp; social cooperation in accord with nature. To do this, we will use clear intentions, a calm attitude, focus, and harmony. We will explore the inner workings of life in hope of discovering universal truths. To fulfill our obligation to society, we wish to work toward defending the weak, protecting the environment, useful education, eliminating poverty, and implementing universal healthcare as a means to peace. PRINCIPLES: 1) We want to govern ourselves, not others. 2) We want to work for unity instead of competition. 3) We want to be open and promote general participation and reject secrecy, racism, sexism, homophobia, and other discriminatory practices. 4) We strive for simplicity and moderation.</p><p>In this issue: Adjusting to life in Chicago after being in stagnation and finding comfort in stability, thoughts on relationships and marriage, neighbors and feeling connections to the grief of others in the city, removing attachments to possessions, worries about being misunderstood and adhering to your own mission statement to avoid it.<br /></p>

An introduction to Patrick&rsquo;s autobiography. This is Part I. Recollections from growing up in an Irish family Queens during the Depression.

&quot;This time around it is me and Sue holding up the linear Ramones style stuff while Fred and Tony 2 keep pumping out all that Sonic Youth on crack stuff. I guess it's all pretty dumb.&quot;

Personal zine focused on music and travel; includes reviews of punk rock albums.

Miscellaneous thoughts, writings, and drawings from the Rocco Publishing team.

The music issue, part 1.<br />

Thoughts and essays inspired by picking through the piles of throw-aways left on the curbs during suburban &quot;Junk Days,&quot; when municipalities offer trash collection for large items and people mostly from the city come to dig through the discards. Includes various options for disposing of items, celebrity garbage, the history of Junk Days, what you can learn about people, from their garbage, and maps, plans and vehicles needed to undertake a Junk Days expedition.<br />

Personal stories from the life of the author.