Tag: Jen Payne

  • NOW ON SALE: MANIFEST (zine): Endemic

    NOW ON SALE: MANIFEST (zine): Endemic

    On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen other people, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. MANIFEST (zine): Endemic is a response that event. The proceeds from this issue will be donated to Sandy Hook Promise, a national nonprofit organization founded…

  • MANIFEST (zine): Endemic

    MANIFEST (zine): Endemic

    On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen other people, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The victims were Makenna Lee Elrod, 10, Layla Salazar, 11, Maranda Mathis, 11, Nevaeh Bravo, 10, Jose Manuel Flores Jr., 10, Xavier Lopez, 10, Tess…

  • Huzzah! Broken Pencil!

    Huzzah! Broken Pencil!

    HUZZAH! BROKEN PENCIL! Broken Pencil Magazine has been supporting zine culture and independent creative action for more than 25 years. Published four times a year, each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary…

  • It’s a Collaborative Effort, Really

    It’s a Collaborative Effort, Really

    MANIFEST (zine) #7: Water The water and its shoreline has been home to all of the creative people you are about to meet in this issue of MANIFEST [zine]. The theme – Water – was inspired by the release of Water Under the Bridge: A Sort-of Love Story by Jen Payne, and is a collaborative…

  • A Tale of Two Stories in Guilford, CT

    A Tale of Two Stories in Guilford, CT

    Guilford Art Center (Guilford, CT) is currently hosting a tale of two stories about connections made across the world wide web, and together they weave a story of lost histories and creative bravery. On Valentine’s weekend, Guilford Art Center hosted a fun and electric book signing for local author Jen Payne’s new book Water Under…

  • Read Water Under the Bridge Today!

    Read Water Under the Bridge Today!

    Connecticut writer Jen Payne has long been inspired by those life moments that move us most — love and loss, joy and disappointment, milestones and turning points — and her new book WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE: A SORT-OF LOVE STORY tells of such a moment. It’s a conversation, a memoir, a love story — just…

  • February 12: BOOK SIGNING & ART EXHIBIT

    February 12: BOOK SIGNING & ART EXHIBIT

    Saturday, February 12, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.BOOK SIGNING & ART EXHIBITat Guilford Art Center411 Church Street, Guilford, CT • Book Signing with writer Jen Payne• “Bigger on the Inside,” exhibit by cover artist Sarah Zar• Free and open to the community Connecticut writer Jen Payne has long been inspired by those life moments that…

  • WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE: A SORT-OF LOVE STORY, A New Book by Jen Payne

    WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE: A SORT-OF LOVE STORY, A New Book by Jen Payne

    Saturday, February 12, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.BOOK SIGNING & ART EXHIBITat Guilford Art Center411 Church Street, Guilford, CT • Book Signing with writer Jen Payne• “Bigger on the Inside,” exhibit by cover artist Sarah Zar• Free and open to the community Connecticut writer Jen Payne has long been inspired by those life moments that…

  • New Book! Save the Date!

    New Book! Save the Date!

    Saturday, February 12, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.BOOK SIGNING & ART EXHIBITat Guilford Art Center411 Church Street, Guilford, CT • Book signing with writer Jen Payne• Art exhibit by cover artist Sarah Zar• Free and open to the community WATCH FOR DETAILS, COMING SOON!

  • Broken Pencil Reviews MANIFEST (zine)

    Broken Pencil Reviews MANIFEST (zine)

    Broken Pencil is THE magazine of zine culture and the independent arts. So you know how thrilled I was to see MANIFEST (zine) reviewed in a recent issue. Big shout out to Scott Bryson for his review that concludes: “It’s clear a lot of effort went into this little booklet. Payne’s focus on physical quality…

  • MANIFEST (zine): Divine Intervention

    MANIFEST (zine): Divine Intervention

    Issue #1, DIVINE INTERVENTION What is the force that moves us? Changes us? Propels us with such acceleration that we hardly recognize ourselves. Is it grief, heartbreak, indignation? Or joy, courage, determination? Perhaps it is DIVINE INTERVENTION — masked for our benefit as demon or angel or a hurried white rabbit who intrigues us just…

  • Every body wants to be a cat…sing along!

    Every body wants to be a cat…sing along!

    Did you know that each issue of MANIFEST (zine) includes a Spotify playlist especially curated for readers? For the CAT LADY CONFESSIONS issue, I explore all things cat, with songs by artists like Dee-Lite, Peggy Polk, Psapp, Alexis Saski, Lee Ann Womak, and Janet Jackson. It’s purr-fect! Take a listen now!