Publishing the Present

MAPPING NETWORKS OF ACTIVISM IN ARTISTS’ PUBLISHING | A project by READ Books, the Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and Wendy’s Subway

An ongoing archival project beginning in 2020 collecting independent publications that respond to this contemporary moment of international urgency

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suchi-branfman_undanced-dances_2048x – Suchi Branfman

Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic

Mutual Aid (PB+Flaps)_CMYK – Verso Books

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

walkout_cover – jen hoyer

Walkout: A Brief History of Student Organizing

9780745343327 – kieran o’connor

The Hologram: Feminist, Peer-to-Peer Health for a Post-Pandemic Future

4940 – kieran o’connor

Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid during the Covid-19 Crisis

cigale_n2_cover-alpha – Anne-Marie Trépanier

Cigale 2, Déplacements / Displacements

ALL – Robin Netherton

Crisis Library

MemoryWork_coverlogo – Macy Siu

Memory Work

SAGO_PALM_BACKDROP_WARMER – Erik Pedersen

DEFUND THE POLICE

ADJUNCT_RIOT_cover3 – Erik Pedersen

ADJUNCT RIOT

GetReadyToVote_Mauldin_cover – Bronwyn Mauldin

Get Ready To Vote/ Prepárate Para Votar

for-WS_cover – many fortunes

MANY FORTUNES (Issue 11: TAKE CARE, Issue 13: WAXING)

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PARADOX OF THE NON-SPACE: Humanity in Homogeneous Spaces

1 – Mira Dayal

Prints of Protest

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Inimitable Flowers

America is Invading Itself-page-001

America is Invading Itself

what the fire

What the Fire Sees

Abolition_ How We Keep Us Safe-page-001

Abolition: How We Keep Us Safe

BBAnewsletter_draft09_BWankara-18 – Ming Lin-page-001

More-Than-Half-a-Year-in-Review

Eating Bitter as Gratitude for Hard Work-page-001

Eating Bitter as Gratitude for Hard Work: In Anticipation of Independent Publication Practices on Slow Down

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Tierra y Libertad / Little México

bosque_brotante_cover – Lois Klassen-page-001

bosque brotante

Executive Orders v. 3 cover – Andrew Gorin-page-001

Executive Orders, Volume III

The Distance Plan-page-001

The Distance Plan #5: Charismatic Facts, Climate Change, Poetry & Prose

DESI EROS-min

DESI EROS: A Decolonizing Arts-Based Research Project about Reclaiming Erotic Power among Women from the South Asian Diaspora

Abolish the Police for Breonna Taylor

Abolish the Police for Breonna Taylor

My Smutty Valentine-page-001

My Smutty Valentine: A Virtual Yearbook 2018-2020

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William Lofton

Invisibilities Zine-page-001

invisibilities zine

I Carrot Bout You

i carrot about you community cookbook

Wash Your Hands

Wash Your Hands

Letters_ The Classroom is Burning

Letters: The Classroom is Burning, Let's Dream About a School of Improper Education

Being Human Is an Occult Practice

Being Human is an Occult Practice

Reincarnating Marechera

Reincarnating Marechera: Notes on a Speculative Archive

Legend of Mr. Pants

The Legend of Mr. Pants: Korean Lesbian Taxi Driver Union

COVID-19 Action & Informative Design Series

COVID-19 Action & Informative Design Series

ILSSA_ATryingTime – Emily Larned

A Trying Time: An ILSSA Quaranzine for Working Together, Alone

Care Not Cops-min

Care Not Cops

ILSSA News Bulletin Cover

ILSSA News Bulletin

The Crisis Times-page-001

THE CRISIS TIMES

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Book of Tomorrows

NeptuneDream Archive

COVID-19 COLLECTIVE DREAM JOURNAL

Defund the Police-page-001

Defund the Police

Learning From End of Life Workers (1)

Learning from End of Life Care Workers Now and After Covid-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time

BLM ABC s-page-001

Black Lives Matter ABC's

Micro-Care_SampleSpreads – Jean Chisholm (1)_Part1-page-001

Micro-Care: Small Acts of Resilience for Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity

History of Anti-Black Racism

A History of Anti-Black Racism on Long Island

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Quarantzine

Could This Be Magic (1)

Could This Be Magic? Tattooing as Liberation Work

First Amendment and You

The First Amendment and You: a short zine on knowing your rights

We Expand Lyric Hunter-page-001

We Expand: A Black Women's Herbal

Asian American Feminist Antibodies

Asian American Feminist Antibodies: Care in the Time of Coronavirus

imprimir es resistir (1)

Imprimir es Resistir

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C Magazine, Criticism Again

Celebrate People’s History-min

Celebrate People's History (Second Edition)

ways to pass time-page-001

Ways to pass time inside this room この部屋での 時間のつぶし方

Homie House Little Black Book (1)-page-001

little black book

Homie House Even Score 2-page-001

Even the Score, The Revolution, Volume III

Homie House Even Score Vote-page-001

Even The Score, Vote, Volume II

Homie House Even Score 1 (1)-page-001

Even The Score, Gentrification, Volume I

Queer Zine Library-page-001

Queer Zine Library: Year 1

Safer in the Streets (1)

Safer in the Streets

QAW Urgency Reader

Urgency Reader 2: Mutual Aid Publishing During Crisis

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Revolution & Us: Pocket Guide to Direct Action

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A Guide Toward Storytelling Sovereignty

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¿Conoce Sus Derechos Como Inquilino? Know Your Tenant Rights?

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