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EPISODE · May 1, 2025 · 1H 45M

Amy Yee, Award Winning Author and Journalist, plus Adam Kaz, Jason Page and a Book Ban Update

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Adam Kaz on getting published with Zines, and a writing and organizing technique. Adam talks about beat words. Connect with Adam at thegroundisuneven.com and check out his portfolio at kazadam97.journoportfolio.com. And on Facebook and  Instagram you can find him at kazadam97. Zine World’s website, www.undergroundpress.org, has event listings, a list of zine libraries and infoshops, how-to articles, and links to many other resources. Zinebook, www.zinebook.com, has articles on zine history, legal issues, how-to advice, and more. Templates for organizing pages for printing. Our featured guest is Journalist and author Amy Yee. Amy currently writes for the Chicago Sun-Times Her book, Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents, is one of our Book of the Year winners for 2024. A travelogue, a human saga, a memoir. For more on Amy Yee visit, amyyeewrites.com, and The University of North Carolina Press at uncpress.org/book/9781469675510/far-from-the-rooftop-of-the-world/ Jason Page is the author of The Mental Hospital Survival Guide, now in it’s 4th edition. Available on Amazon. To hear my unedited conversation with Jason, visit my Substack page at wcturck.substack.com. For more on Lindsay Schultz and her battle against book bans, visit The Spine Bookshop. Visit PEN America and authorsagainstbookbans.com The Chicago Writers Association is open to writers and authors all over the year. Unlock a wealth of writing resources by becoming a member today. Visit chicagowrites.org.

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