Durable Goods and ZAPP at the Richard Hugo House

Durable Goods is proud to announce that all past and upcoming issues will be donated and archived at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle, WA.  The Zine Archive & Publishing Project (ZAPP) is a wonderful treasure of zines from all over the country and the world.  The Richard Hugo House is a great literary tool in its community providing readings, classes and the possibility for greatness and exploration.

You can find out about Hugo House by going here:  http://www.hugohouse.org/

Thank you to one of my subscribers, Ryan Snellman, for pointing me in the Hugo House's direction and helping me spread these lovely poems around.  Teamwork is where it is at.

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Durable Goods Issue Fourteen

Durable Goods Issue Fourteen

Featured Writers:

Zachary C. Bush

Jeff Fleming

Aleathia Drehmer

Papers folded and blessed....off to these fine states and countries:  New Jersey, California, Louisiana, Texas, Massachussets, Alaska, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi,  Washington, New York, Georgia, England, Wales, Canada, and India.

This issue was debuted at a poetry reading in Cleveland Heights, OH at Mac's Backs Bookstore.  It was a nice reception and the DG's went fast.

This also marks the time when I am retiring the first 8 issues that were published in 2009.  It is too hard to keep printing and having on hand all of the issues.  I need more space!!!  These issue will still be available upon request.

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Durable Goods Issue Thirteen

Durable Goods Issue Thirteen

Featured Writers:

Peter Schwartz

Timothy Gager

Aleathia Drehmer

This issue marched off to these heartly lands:  Maine, Massachussets, Illinois, New Jersey, Washington, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, California, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Ireland, England, and Brazil.

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Durable Goods Issue Twelve

Durable Goods Issue Twelve

Featured Writers:

Joseph Hargraves

Bruce Hodder

Aleathia Drehmer

This issue is a nod to spiritual beliefs and bow for finding peace in oneself.

This issue has traveled to these glorious places:  New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Ohio, Washington, Oregon, Massachussets, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Canada, Germany and England.

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Durable Goods and the University of Buffalo's "Little Magazines" Archive

By some stroke of luck, the University of Buffalo's Poetry Collection received a few copies of Durable Goods.  This prompted Brenda Battleson to contact me about placing the entire Durable Goods collection in their "Little Magazines" archives.  If you don't know about this collection then you are missing out on something amazing.  They store over 5,000 different magazines from all over and in varying styles and content.  Some of the images above are covers from their collection.  This is a very special honor for me to be able to have the writers I feature have their work stored in an esteemed collection at a university.  It is a great opportunity to be read by so many different audiences than one might have access to. 

I want to take this time to thank Brenda Battleson and Michael Basinski for all the hard work and dedication they put into gathering up the world's poetry and putting it in an easy place to find.  They also have a William Carlos William collection that will knock your socks off.  Please visit the site below for more information about UB Poetry Collections.  You won't be sorry you did.

University of Buffalo Poetry Collections:  http://library.buffalo.edu/pl/about_us/

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Aleathia

Durable Goods Issue Eleven

Durable Goods Issue Eleven

Featured Writers:

William Taylor Jr.

Andrew Taylor

Aleathia Drehmer

**this is the third volume of tribute to David McNamara and Sunnyoutside

Copies Distributed: 110

This issue has sailed on gossamer wings to:  California, Georgia, Washington, Colorado, Ohio, Connecticut, New York, Illinois, Massachussets, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Missouri, Mississippi, and England.

The cover photo has in it some potentially offensive words which I captured on the streets of San Fran in 2007 when I was there for a reading.  I do believe this photo was taken in North Beach.  Please know that I am an insanely tolerant human being.

Aleathia

Durable Goods Issue Ten

Durable Goods Issue Ten

Featured Writers

John Dorsey

Dan Provost

Aleathia Drehmer

Copies Distributed: 99

This little issue is on its way to these lovely lands:  Ohio, Massachussets, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, California, Alabama, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, Washington and several points in England.

This issue will also make its debute at "Snoetry" which is a day long winter reading festival that will happen in Erie, PA.  Both John and Dan will be reading at this event.

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Aleathia