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ix Acknowledgments I highly recommend that other scholars delve into the world of zines. This is the only research I’ve ever done that has resulted in surprise packages in the mail: zines, handwritten letters, buttons, and posters— sometimes with creative doodling on the envelope itself. I’ve also had the great pleasure of being invited to contribute to two zines while working on this project: the Sallie Bingham Center’s My Life in Zines and ABC No Rio’s The Art of Zines. I was also mentioned in a third project, the tenthanniversary issue of The East Village Inky. I thank all the zinesters and zine readers I interviewed, who shared valuable hours out of their lives to talk with me about the things I was interested in, and who often called and emailed later with follow-up thoughts and to see how the book was coming along. At many points in the process I thought I should just have printed transcriptions of all the interviews because they were fascinating, and I’m grateful to have been welcomed into such a generous and creative community. Special thanks go to Neely Bat Chestnut for designing the book’s cover. I hope everyone working on archival research has a library and talented staff like the ones at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. On several trips to their zine collection, I never failed to find enthusiastic, supportive folk. In particular, I thank Laura Micham, Amy Hagardorn, and Kelly Wooten. I also thank Barnard College Library and the librarian of its zine collection, Jenna Freedman, and the Sallie Bingham Center for Mary Lily Grant funds that allowed me to make my first trip there. A number of undergraduate and graduate students have been essential collaborators in this project. Thanks go to Emily Cooney, Kim Galloway , Ed Lenahan, Taylor Livingston, Shannon Madden, Rachel Reinke, and Meghann Stubel. Your insights and library sleuthing (along with your tireless transcriptions of interviews!) made this book possible. Thank x Acknowledgments you to the Undergraduate Research Office at the College of Charleston for providing grant funding that allowed Taylor, Rachel, and Meghann to work with me. The College of Charleston Faculty Research and Development Committee also provided essential support, as did the Department of English, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Thanks, as well, to all the students who have shared their zines with me through the years, and a special thanks to Natalie Coffin for becoming a freelance photographer on my behalf. The Super Ninja Writing Force came into being when I was at an early crisis point in this project, and the insights, accountability, and careful readings of Claire Curtis and Conseula Francis have sustained me through the rest of it. This is yet another creative community I am grateful to belong to. Catherine Bush helped with interviews, moral support, and filing. I am grateful for the good fortune that brought this project to the attention of Ilene Kalish at New York University Press. Her enthusiasm for this project and efforts on its behalf have made it a stronger book by far than it would have been without her, and she has been a delight to work with. I also thank Aiden Amos for her support (and her zine!) and the anonymous readers who provided careful, thoughtful critiques. Finally, thank you to Walter Biffle, who helped me understand zines as art objects, listened to my every idea, and went halves on a baby with me. ...

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