Zine was a digital publication from Philadelphia Printworks, active from 2013 to 2017. This archive preserves the work created during that time.

ZINE: A Digital Archive (2013–2017)

Under-the-Cherry-Moon-A-Meditation-On-Black-Male-Intimacy-and-Moonlight Philadelphia Printworks

Under the Cherry Moon: A Meditation On Black Ma...

By Tre Johnson @trejohns1978 I became a “faggot” in the 7th grade after my first day at Fisher Middle School. My first day at Fisher felt like being on the...

Under the Cherry Moon: A Meditation On Black Ma...

By Tre Johnson @trejohns1978 I became a “faggot” in the 7th grade after my first day at Fisher Middle School. My first day at Fisher felt like being on the...

Supreme-Imagination-The-Black-Reality-Future-and-How-the-Imagination-Controls-It-All Philadelphia Printworks

Supreme Imagination: The Black Reality, Future,...

By Myles Johnson @hausmuva Isn’t imagination dangerous? Isn’t curiosity lethal? With no plan and no experience, Donald Trump was able to inspire the imagination through vivid portraits of violent domination...

Supreme Imagination: The Black Reality, Future,...

By Myles Johnson @hausmuva Isn’t imagination dangerous? Isn’t curiosity lethal? With no plan and no experience, Donald Trump was able to inspire the imagination through vivid portraits of violent domination...

Book-Review-The-Fire-This-Time-A-New-Generation-Speaks-About-Race-by-Jesmyn-Ward Philadelphia Printworks

Book Review: "The Fire This Time: A New Generat...

 By Miciah Bennett @miciahbennett The Fire This Time is a diverse collection of essays and poems about the current black American experience. Inspired by beloved author James Baldwin’s The Fire...

Book Review: "The Fire This Time: A New Generat...

 By Miciah Bennett @miciahbennett The Fire This Time is a diverse collection of essays and poems about the current black American experience. Inspired by beloved author James Baldwin’s The Fire...

Why-You-Should-Keep-Writing Philadelphia Printworks

Why You Should Keep Writing

By Joel Daniels @JoelakaMaG It is almost midnight. My daughter has finally fallen asleep, which means I still have time before my eyes sag and my age plays catch-up with...

Why You Should Keep Writing

By Joel Daniels @JoelakaMaG It is almost midnight. My daughter has finally fallen asleep, which means I still have time before my eyes sag and my age plays catch-up with...

Harlem-Knights-Reviving-Blaxploitation-in-Luke-Cage Philadelphia Printworks

Harlem Knights: Reviving Blaxploitation in Luke...

By Tre Johnson @trejohns1978 Luke Cage opens with an opening credits camera-spanning sequence drenched in sepia-toned imagery to the history and pain of the black body embodied by Luke Cage:...

Harlem Knights: Reviving Blaxploitation in Luke...

By Tre Johnson @trejohns1978 Luke Cage opens with an opening credits camera-spanning sequence drenched in sepia-toned imagery to the history and pain of the black body embodied by Luke Cage:...

Self-Care-Who-Is-She Philadelphia Printworks

Self-Care? Who Is She?

By Tiffany Peterson @TiffanyAndLupus | Photo by Jessica Rodriguez The concept of self-care was so foreign to me before I was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune condition in which the...

Self-Care? Who Is She?

By Tiffany Peterson @TiffanyAndLupus | Photo by Jessica Rodriguez The concept of self-care was so foreign to me before I was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune condition in which the...