Issue No. 7: QUAR + TIME Now available online!
Our first digital issue is designed to print-at-home so that you may display the zine in tiles, unbound, on your stay-at-home wall.
Lloyd’s Google Search History by Kayla Pongrac
Kayla Pongrac Schwerer is a writer, reader, chai tea drinker, and record spinner. When she’s not writing creatively, she’s writing professionally–for two newspapers and a few magazines in her hometown of Johnstown, PA. To read more of Kayla’s work, visit www.kaylapongrac.com.
“The Last Place You’d Look” by Holly Day
Holly Day was born in Hereford, Texas, “The Town Without a Toothache.” She and her family currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center. Her published books include the nonfiction books Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, and Guitar All-in-One for Dummies, and the poetry...
HAVE A DUM SUMMER: A Map of Summer Spaces
DUM DUM Zine and our summer guest editor Katharine Hargreaves have teamed up to bring you our DUM SUMMER Map, which celebrates pop-up, DIY, and creative allied spaces throughout Los Angeles. (Oh, and popsicles and bocce ball.) Have a DUM summer, and be sure to check out some of these summer-only activities at our...
“To Dogs” and “O’ Nauseous Summer” by Trevor L. Sensor
Trevor L. Sensor is a writer from Illinois. His first ebook, "Ex-Poems", was released by Peanut Gallery Press in 2014. His work has been featured on Atticus Review, HTMLGiant, Be About It, and Alt Lit Press. Read his ebook here.
“FRANK” by Taylor Yates
Taylor Yates is an L.A. native obsessed with travelling and patterned socks. When she’s not writing and editing for DUM DUM, she’s biking around the reservoir and playing moody bass lines in her living room. She is currently working on an autobiographical anthology. Check out her work here.
Transitory L.A.: An Essay in Black and White by Katharine Hargreaves
This feature began with a simple premise: document white and black things in Los Angeles. I had no intention other than to see if a pattern emerged from working within these restrictions. I’ve had an ongoing love affair with the elements of the Los Angeles cityscape since I moved here: the lines and grid, concrete...
“SHIFTING KICKS” by Naville Obeso
The shoes you wear know everything about you. When you’re stealing, lying, or scared; when you’re happy, in a hurry, anxious; they carry you in all you do, and your secrets, too.
“Open House” by Steve Vermilion
Steve Vermillion is a writer living in Northern California. His recent work appears in The NewerYork, The Morning News, Bicycle Review, Round Up Zine, Diverse Voices Quarterly and Black Heart Magazine.
Listen to L.A.: A Walking Playlist
Katharine Hargreaves here, your June Guest Editor, bringing you an interactive city playlist meant to evoke experiences of our fair Los Angeles. I was inspired by Yoko Ono's "Instructions" and you'll notice that each song is accompanied by a location and instructions for listening. Hopefully by exploring the familiar you'll find something new.
Support ECHO CHAMBER, DUM DUM’s new August Headquarters!
DUM DUM Zine is excited to announce that we'll be artists-in-residence for the month of August at ECHO CHAMBER, an amazing creative pop-up space coming to Echo Park for three months this summer!
“The Infidelity” by Jeffrey Zable
Jeffrey Zable was publishing poetry and prose in magazines and anthologies while you were still in diapers and throwing pabulum onto the floor. He's published five chapbooks including "Zable's Fables" with an introduction by the late great Beat poet Harold Norse. Check out more of his work here.
DUM DUM Guest Editor: Projekt Katharine Takes Over
Sup Dum babes + welcome to June. I’ve been thinking about what knowledge I’m here to share with you as I take over the DUM airwaves. To engage you with a screen between us when I’m here to preach the opposite is—yes—ridiculous. In fact, it is the antithesis of what I am working towards. Writing...