War on a Lunchbreak by Ana Bozicevic (2011)

 

War on a Lunchbreak

Ana Bozicevic

Belladonna Chapbook Series

#137 

Brooklyn, NY

(c) 2011

Great series. 17 pages. Nearly invisible (what spine can there be?)

Five Copy Zine (2012)

 Five Copy Zine

Bentspoon Blog

Calgary AB Canada

(c) 2012

It is exactly what it says it is. "Ross" created this tiny zine. 

Rock & Roll of San Francisco's East Bay by Cory Linstrum (2015)

 Rock & Roll of San Francisco's East Bay

by Cory Linstrum

Microcosm 

(c)2015

 Volume 2 of their Scene History series

Staple-bound booklet. 32 pages of informative content. B&W band photos as well. Pretty cool stuff. 

Eyeberries by vera chase (1999)

Eyeberries

vera chase

(c) 1999

published in India

Spiral bound, printed in English and Czech. 300 copies printed. 

I scored this copy from a neighbor who had visited Prague and met Ms. Chase. 
 

The Story of Minot, North Dakota Punk 2001-2018 (2019)

The Story of Minot, North Dakota Punk 2001-2018

edited by Alexander Herbert

volume 4 in series

(c) 2019

Across the street from Philly legendary punk spot 'ZIPPERHEADS' is a record store of note and in that store there were, when we visited there recently, some punk zines and I bought a few of them including this one. 

The production of this booklet is actually better than true xeroxed punk publications of the late 1970s, and the photos are in actual non-squinting visibility. High quality for price and very informative for the majority of Americans who would never superglue Minot to Punk, but there was a scene. It eventually ended. What's next?

Worth the read for die-hard punk rockers and historians. 
 

The Closing of a Corner Store by Amelia Bjesse-Puffin (2020)

 The Closing of a Corner Store

Amelia Bjesse-Puffin

Microcosm.Pub

Portland, OR

(c) 2020

I have read a number of books, both non-fiction and poetry, about the demise of "zombie capitalism" and its effects on the land and the communities negatively impacted by the CLOSING of America, as it were, and this unpaginated staple-bound booklet emphasizes this uncontrolled collapse as well as any $50.00 academic book published by a major publisher. Probably more accurate since it is not written by anyone in the ivory tower but by someone who lives on the ground and feels the street level withdrawal more acutely. This is the same city that has generated the conditions that led to Mimi German's insightful Beneath the Gravel Weight of Stars (capturing the plight of the homeless in an unforgiving city) and Loaners: The Making of a Street Library by Ben Hodgson and Laura Moulton (about a portable library "catering" to street people).

It should surprise no one that the publisher, Microcosm.Pub, also brings out books about punk of local music scenes across the country. More on that part next. 

Niagara and the Daredevils by Philip Mason (unstated)

 Niagara and the Daredevils

Philip Mason

Interesting and informative booklet of those (crazy) daredevils who took on the Falls. B&W photos throughout. Cool, right 

(also, not poetry)

(also, printed in Canada)