Durable Goods Continues to Archive in New Places

Papercut Zine Library at Lorem Ipsum Books in Cambridge, MA

As promised Durable Goods has been working to find more venues to archive the zine.  It takes lots of sifting and a bunch of hope, but it has been worth it.  I think it is important to promote bookstores, libraries and any sort of print project especially in this age of technology.  I am a big fan of advancements in technology and inventions that can bring us closer as people.  I do however maintain a certain Victorian air to my character when it comes to books.  There is something transformative when you read a book or poetry on the page than on the screen.  I think by archiving the work of the writers in Durable Goods we retain some knowledge of the history we are presently creating in the small press.

Listed below are the newest places that Durable Goods will be archived starting with Issue 52:

Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, NY

University of Alabama's Special Collections, AL

Marlboro College, VT

Papercut Zine Library, Cambridge, MA

University of Wisconsin's Special Collections

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada

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Durable Goods Issue 53

Durable Goods Issue 53

Featured Writers:

Glenn Cooper

Troubadour Kaul

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Durable Goods Issue 52

Durable Goods Issue 52

Featured Writers:

Lynn Alexander

Carolyn Srygley-Moore

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 51

Durable Goods Issue 51

Featured Writers:

Ben John Smith

Jay Passer

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 50

Durable Goods Issue 50

Featured Writers:

Issac Seal

Grace Andreacchi

Brad Burjan

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Durable Goods Archived at the Floating Zine Collection at the University of Iowa

Last year I had made a campaign to get more universities to archive Durable Goods in an attempt to have more outlets for the DG writers.  I did get some responses, but not as many as I had hoped.  One day recently, I was doing a Google search and found that the University of Iowa had archived the issue I had sent them as a sample in their Floating Zine Collection!  I had not heard back from them so I assumed they were not interested.

In light of this discovery, I will now be sending the University of Iowa a copy of each issue starting with Issue 48.  It is my great pleasure to welcome the library of the University of Iowa to the Durable Goods Family.

For more information you can visit them here: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/

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Durable Goods Issue 49

Durable Goods Issue 49

Featured Writers:

Iris Appelquist

Michael D. Goscinski

Frank Reardon

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Durable Goods Issue 48

Durable Goods Issue 48

Featured Writers:

Jacqui Corcoran

Larissa Shmailo

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 47

Durable Goods Issue 47

Featured Writers:

Ed Churchouse

Chris Watts

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Durable Goods Issue 46

Durable Goods Issue 46

Featured Wrtiers:

Gregory Liffick

t. kilgore splake

Starting with this issue it is my hope to be able to take myself out of this magazine as much as possible and include either more work from two writers or start adding an additional writer to the mix each issue.  Sometimes you will see my work if there isn't enough work to fill the issue.  There is such a high demand to be in DG and I am hoping to be able to feature as many folks as I can over the years.  Enjoy the new format!!

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Durable Goods Issue 45

Durable Goods Issue 45

Featured Writers:

Adrian Manning

Subhankar Das

Joseph Bouthiette Jr.

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 44, Guest Edited by Jeff Fleming



Durable Goods Issue 44

Guest Edited by Jeff Fleming

Featured Writers:

Jason Fisk

Leah Angstman

Jeff Fleming

Jeff Fleming is the editor of the fine print magazine called Nibble.  He is a lover of the short poem and a spreader of fine words.  For years he has been producing Nibble and consistently searches for great precision poetry.  Jeff and his fine magazine are part of the collaborative distribution team at Durable Goods and he sends out my little gems with his little gems and the world is a damn happier place for it.  It has been a great pleasure to turn over the Captain's chair to Jeff for an issue of DG.

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Durable Goods Issue 43

Durable Goods Issue 43

Featured Writers:

Diane Webster

Ed Makowski

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 42, Guest Edited by Leah Angstman

Durable Goods Issue 42

Guest Edited by Leah Angstman

Featured Writers:

Jeff Fleming

David S. Pointer

Leah Angstman

Leah Angstman is the editor and publisher of Alternating Current/Propaganda Press and is one of the hardest working women in the small press.  She is a dynamo and powerhouse and any other superhero word you can possibly think of.  Leah has been a long time supporter of Durable Goods and has been on the collaborative distribution team since I started it up.  She is an inspiration to me on a near daily basis.  Her enthusiasm for the arts is infectious and I wouldn't have it any other way.  I am very happy to have had her take the helm for an issue of DG.  I knew it was in good hands.

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Durable Goods Issue 41

Durable Goods Issue 41

Featured Writers:

Paul David Thomas

Peter Lally

Paul Tristram

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Durable Goods Online Compilation 2009-2010

Durable Goods has celebrated over a year of success in the print zine world.  It has traveled all over the world to nearly every continent and to most corners of the United States.  There has been such a great outpouring of support for this zine and I truly appreciate it. 

My long time friend Brian Fugett (Zygote in my Coffee) and I had discussed doing a print compilation of the first year of Durable Goods, but due to the sheer number of contributors and the actual size of the book it was decided it wasn't cost effective.  I still wanted to commemorate this great year and also how much this zine has changed my life so, I decided to develop an online Issuu book that would feature all the poems, prose and photography from 2009-2010.

Durable Goods' main purpose is to bring joy back to the mailbox and make connections between different circles of writers and maybe give a few moments of respite in a day that is otherwise hectic and filled with business.  I have had the best loyal subscribers and writers on the planet and I consider them an extended family.  I have a great group of distributors who share my zine with their publications and folks that always spread the word.  I am a lucky woman and editor.

On June 9th, 2011 you will be able to find the online compilation of Durable Goods 2009-2010 exclusively at Zygote in my Coffee.  This will be the only place that you can view this, so please stop by there and support Zygote and Durable Goods.  Brian Fugett has been an amazing friend and truly gave me my start in the small press as he was the first person to ever take a chance on my poetry.  He is a great innovator, a wonderful guy and an integral part of the small press.  Thank you Brian.

http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/

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PS.  If when you read the compilation and decide you want to receive the print version every two weeks, you can check the "subscriptions" link here on this site for details on how to do that.

Durable Goods Issue 40

Durable Goods Issue 40

Featured Writers:

Jodi MacArthur

FD Marcel

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 39

Durable Goods Issue 39

Featured Writers:

Roberta Gould

Will Crawford

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 38

Durable Goods Issue 38
Featured Writers:

Hank Beukema

Marlene Elisabeth Lennon

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 37

Durable Goods Issue 37
Featured Writers:

"The" David Smith

April Michelle Bratten

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 36

Durable Goods Issue 36
Featured Writers:

Brad Burjan

Jeffrey C. Alfier

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 35

Durable Goods Issue 35
Featured Writers:

A. Razor

Misti Rainwater-Lites

Aleathia Drehmer

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Durable Goods Issue 34

Durable Goods Issue 34
Featured Writers:

Mike Taylor

Judy Brekke

Stephen Morse, RIP

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Durable Goods Issue 33

Durable Goods Issue 33
Featured Writers:

t. kilgore splake

Ray Fracalossy

Ryan Snellman

Aleathia Drehmer

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Welcome to the Durable Goods Family

Welcome to the Durable Goods Family San Diego State University Special Collections.  Starting with Issue 32 Durable Goods will begin archiving its work in the illustrious collection at SDSU!!  I want to thank Michael Lopez who works in special collections for considering and accepting DG into their library.

At SDSU, they have an enormous varitey of collections to view and gather information about.  You can check them out by going here:

http://scua.sdsu.edu/aboutcoll.shtml#ZINES

Thank you again to all the supports of Durable Goods and to my writers who are like family.  I move forward everyday because you inspire me to.

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Durable Goods Issue 32

Durable Goods Issue 32

Featured Writers:

Gillian Prew

Michael H. Brownstein

Aleathia Drehmer

This issue sort of gets back to nature in some ways and allows the reader to see the touching things hiding between the cracks.

Durable Goods offers a yearly subscription of 22 issues for only $10 domestic and $12 for international/Canada.  It is published every 2 weeks except in November and December when it is published once in the month.  Each issue comes with a hand written quote card that only subscribers and distributors get.  If you are interested in becoming a Durable subscriber you can send well concealed cash, check or use paypal (windwitch27@yahoo.com).  Please make any checks out to Aleathia Drehmer and send to:

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Durable Goods Issue 31: Translation Germany

Durable Goods Issue 31

Translation Germany

Featured Writers:

LaDonna Witmer

Claudia Bierschenk

Issue 31 is the last in the present series of translation issues and I think we end it on a strong note.  LaDonna Witmer is a stunning writer and visual artist from California who sculpts words with a sharp knife in the most delicate of ways.  She is a maker of cinepoems (short films of her work) and has had me interested in her work since I saw the first one several years ago.

Claudia Bierschenk is the translator for this issue and her eagerness to get LaDonna's work just right impressed me.  Claudia's own work is something that smacks you in the face and leaves you wondering where you have just been.  She has appeared in Durable Goods previously and has received a nomination for that work for a Pushcart Prize.

In the future there will be more translation issues as offers to translate work into Italian and Polish have already come down the pike.  Thank you for enjoying these diversions.

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Durable Goods and the Denver Zine Library

Durable Goods is happy to announce (albeit a bit late) that they are now archived at The Denver Zine Library in Denver, Colorado.  This is great news and just the sort of organization that we love to support.  The DZL is volunteer run and not-for-profit.

They have over 10,000 zines from all over the world archived in their place and are open on the weekends and by appointment for folks to come in and read the zines.  Once you are a regular....you can check zines out from the lending library.  DZL also has community workshops, hosts local events and produces zine readings.

You can read more about all the great things going on at The Denver Zine Library by going to:   http://www.denverzinelibrary.org/

Thanks to JD Nelson (again) for the direction to contact them.

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