Evelyn Howl

  My love of music led me to approach my book of poems as a musician might approach an album of songs, with the release of singles. Girl is the first single from my book Soon As We Land and this eight page zine is its realization. It also includes a b-side called Take. To buy a print version directly from me, click here for secure PayPal checkout: Girl - A Poem Zine (printed edition) To buy a digital version, visit: Girl (ebook) Details: Measures approx. 5x8 inches Staple bound and printed on 20lb paper Includes 8 pages featuring the poems Girl and Take, plus other writings and art. Girl is included in my book Soon As We Land, while Take and additional content are exclusive to this zine.

  My bedroom closet is more storage room than closet. Among the stuff of my own life are the lives of others for which I've become caretaker, the set of shoulders to bear the burden of remembering, I am the lookout for these strangers poised on a delicate cusp between life and a final death.*  In 2007 I took my first photography class and was immediately hoisted into the role of "family photographer." But I'd always been afflicted with nostalgia and a proclivity for looking backward, back farther than even my own lifespan. So when I announced what I was studying, a big Canon DSLR on one shoulder and a 35mm Asahi Pentax on the other, a collective sigh of relief was exhaled. I'd finally caught up to myself.  Many of the photographs I have are from my mother who cares for the elderly and their estates. She is caretaker to the end of their lives as I am to their memories. Given my excursion into photography, I became the obvious destination for the orphaned photograph...