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Award-winning, indie lit journal—made in San Francisco since 1985. Our Issue 131 is now available. Subscribe: zyzzyva.org/subscribe/
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The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA.
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
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Come see us tomorrow at Local Economy + pop right next door to visit the wonderful @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
The good folks at @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social ky.social
are doing a release party for Issue 131 at Local Economy tomorrow night. Seems like a perfect time for us to stay open late!
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are doing a release party for Issue 131 at Local Economy tomorrow night. Seems like a perfect time for us to stay open late!
www.thelocaleconomy.com/events/xxrdk...
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Come see us tomorrow at Local Economy + pop right next door to visit the wonderful @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
Pizza, contributor readings, wine, celebrating all things ZYZZYVA 131! See you Thursday?
Zyzzyva Issue 131 Release Party — Local Economy
Come and toast the publication of the newest issue of ZYZZYVA, the award-winning literary journal publishing since 1985. Featuring short readings by contributors Tomas Moniz, Maw Shein Win, and Suzann...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Pizza, contributor readings, wine, celebrating all things ZYZZYVA 131! See you Thursday?
Join us next week to toast our newest issue ZYZZYVA 131! Ft. readings from contributors @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social + @mawsheinwin.bsky.social + Suzanne Rivecca.
Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm
@ Local Economy, Oakland
Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm
@ Local Economy, Oakland
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Join us next week to toast our newest issue ZYZZYVA 131! Ft. readings from contributors @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social + @mawsheinwin.bsky.social + Suzanne Rivecca.
Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm
@ Local Economy, Oakland
Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm
@ Local Economy, Oakland
Read this new, vital interview in Issue 131: zyzzyva.org
In the new @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social, I talk to Venezuelan scholar, journalist, and poet Boris Muñoz about literature, authoritarianism, and the importance of cronistas.
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Read this new, vital interview in Issue 131: zyzzyva.org
“The person I call in situations like this is Colette, the city government version of me, an abstinent ex-junkie disliked by the mayor, with a soft spot for schizophrenics, a love for lancing abscesses, and zero work/life balance.”
New fiction from Suzanne Rivecca in our latest issue: zyzzyva.org
New fiction from Suzanne Rivecca in our latest issue: zyzzyva.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“The person I call in situations like this is Colette, the city government version of me, an abstinent ex-junkie disliked by the mayor, with a soft spot for schizophrenics, a love for lancing abscesses, and zero work/life balance.”
New fiction from Suzanne Rivecca in our latest issue: zyzzyva.org
New fiction from Suzanne Rivecca in our latest issue: zyzzyva.org
“What is one to make of these complex lives? Is forgiveness in order?”
Paul Wilner reviews Joan Silber’s novel, Mercy.
Read at zyzzyva.org
Paul Wilner reviews Joan Silber’s novel, Mercy.
Read at zyzzyva.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“What is one to make of these complex lives? Is forgiveness in order?”
Paul Wilner reviews Joan Silber’s novel, Mercy.
Read at zyzzyva.org
Paul Wilner reviews Joan Silber’s novel, Mercy.
Read at zyzzyva.org
Our newest issue has arrived! Within 131 you’ll find new fiction, poems, nonfiction, art portfolio + a new Q&A.
Read Issue 131 (and subscribe!) at zyzzyva.org
Read Issue 131 (and subscribe!) at zyzzyva.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Our newest issue has arrived! Within 131 you’ll find new fiction, poems, nonfiction, art portfolio + a new Q&A.
Read Issue 131 (and subscribe!) at zyzzyva.org
Read Issue 131 (and subscribe!) at zyzzyva.org
“The question of where our gaze is focused, what is takes in and willfully shuts out, is integral to Animal Stories.”
Caio Driver reviews Kate Zambreno’s essay collection, Animal Stories, from @transitbooks.bsky.social
Read at zyzzyva.org
Caio Driver reviews Kate Zambreno’s essay collection, Animal Stories, from @transitbooks.bsky.social
Read at zyzzyva.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“The question of where our gaze is focused, what is takes in and willfully shuts out, is integral to Animal Stories.”
Caio Driver reviews Kate Zambreno’s essay collection, Animal Stories, from @transitbooks.bsky.social
Read at zyzzyva.org
Caio Driver reviews Kate Zambreno’s essay collection, Animal Stories, from @transitbooks.bsky.social
Read at zyzzyva.org
Join writer and ZYZZYVA contributor David Guterson for a writers’ workshop. February 7 at Mechanics’ Institute. Plus! ZYZZYVA subscribers/supporters get a course discount…
Event - What's on Your Mind? An Intimate Writing Forum with David Guterson
Join bestselling author David Guterson for an open dialogue on writing and honing your craft.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Join writer and ZYZZYVA contributor David Guterson for a writers’ workshop. February 7 at Mechanics’ Institute. Plus! ZYZZYVA subscribers/supporters get a course discount…
Wishing you a happy New Year’s Eve!
From all of us to you, thank you for championing ZYZZYVA this year. Whether you read, subscribed, donated, rocked a ZYZZYVA tote, celebrated new issues with us, or came out to a reading or movie night, we’re grateful for this one-of-a-kind literary community.
From all of us to you, thank you for championing ZYZZYVA this year. Whether you read, subscribed, donated, rocked a ZYZZYVA tote, celebrated new issues with us, or came out to a reading or movie night, we’re grateful for this one-of-a-kind literary community.
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Wishing you a happy New Year’s Eve!
From all of us to you, thank you for championing ZYZZYVA this year. Whether you read, subscribed, donated, rocked a ZYZZYVA tote, celebrated new issues with us, or came out to a reading or movie night, we’re grateful for this one-of-a-kind literary community.
From all of us to you, thank you for championing ZYZZYVA this year. Whether you read, subscribed, donated, rocked a ZYZZYVA tote, celebrated new issues with us, or came out to a reading or movie night, we’re grateful for this one-of-a-kind literary community.
One more week to reach our matching grant! Up to $5,000 until December 31st
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December 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One more week to reach our matching grant! Up to $5,000 until December 31st
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
A new issue approaches! Just in time for holiday reading, ZYZZYVA No. 131 is available for pre-order.
Get your copy today: tinyurl.com/584cwnfr
Get your copy today: tinyurl.com/584cwnfr
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A new issue approaches! Just in time for holiday reading, ZYZZYVA No. 131 is available for pre-order.
Get your copy today: tinyurl.com/584cwnfr
Get your copy today: tinyurl.com/584cwnfr
The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA.
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA.
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
Read Tom Bissell on Jaws in Issue 130: tinyurl.com/f8cx9c9f
Read an essay in @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social issue 130 by Tom Bissell, and I believe it's the first essay I actually devoured, ravenously turning the pages for more, in some time. It's all about the novel "Jaws", & the making of "Jaws" the movie, Read it! It's outstanding.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Read Tom Bissell on Jaws in Issue 130: tinyurl.com/f8cx9c9f
This #givingtuesday help us make ZYZZYVA possible. Your gift, any shape and size, directly supports writers, artists, education, and community.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This #givingtuesday help us make ZYZZYVA possible. Your gift, any shape and size, directly supports writers, artists, education, and community.
🔗 zyzzyva.org/donate
🔗 zyzzyva.org/donate
"There are two San Franciscos at least. San Francisco remains a city of great beauty and disposition. It is also a city that is plagued by the effects of income disparity, a problem at the heart of much that is wrong with our country."
“A book is not interesting to me until it’s impossible for me to write”: Q&A with Robert Glück – ZYZZYVA
A chapter from Robert Glück’s Jack the Modernist appeared in the very first issue of ZYZZYVA in 1985. It’s the chapter where Bob, Glück’s avatar and the
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December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"There are two San Franciscos at least. San Francisco remains a city of great beauty and disposition. It is also a city that is plagued by the effects of income disparity, a problem at the heart of much that is wrong with our country."
Got your tickets for Wednesday? Movie night at the Roxie + our holiday party!
ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Aventurera
Co-presented with Litquake, San Francisco’s literary festival (October 9-25). For the last ZYZZYVA Movie Night of the year, Ingrid Rojas Contreras presents a special screening of Aventurera…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Got your tickets for Wednesday? Movie night at the Roxie + our holiday party!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I still love reading journals and periodicals without needing to be logged in.
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bay area friends, this will be so lovely—a party 12/3 raising funds for @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social & @litquake.org, two beloved organizations hit hard by NEA & NEH cuts
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
bay area friends, this will be so lovely—a party 12/3 raising funds for @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social & @litquake.org, two beloved organizations hit hard by NEA & NEH cuts
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
Come for the movie! roxie.com/film/zyzzyva...
And stay for the party! www.eventbrite.com/e/zyzzyva-li...
And stay for the party! www.eventbrite.com/e/zyzzyva-li...
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Come for the movie! roxie.com/film/zyzzyva...
And stay for the party! www.eventbrite.com/e/zyzzyva-li...
And stay for the party! www.eventbrite.com/e/zyzzyva-li...
This year's final ZYZZYVA Movie Night with @ingridrojasc.bsky.social will be Wed., Dec. 3. Our featured guest will be Daniel Handler, and the movie: "Aventurera" (1950), starring Ninón Sevilla. Starts at 6 p.m. And get a ticket to join our party right after the screening! roxie.com/film/zyzzyva...
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This year's final ZYZZYVA Movie Night with @ingridrojasc.bsky.social will be Wed., Dec. 3. Our featured guest will be Daniel Handler, and the movie: "Aventurera" (1950), starring Ninón Sevilla. Starts at 6 p.m. And get a ticket to join our party right after the screening! roxie.com/film/zyzzyva...
“But it was one thing to bury the roots of a tree and watch it grow, and another entirely to bury a part of the body.”
New nonfiction from Frances Stroh in our latest issue! Keep reading + subscribe at zyzzyva.org
New nonfiction from Frances Stroh in our latest issue! Keep reading + subscribe at zyzzyva.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“But it was one thing to bury the roots of a tree and watch it grow, and another entirely to bury a part of the body.”
New nonfiction from Frances Stroh in our latest issue! Keep reading + subscribe at zyzzyva.org
New nonfiction from Frances Stroh in our latest issue! Keep reading + subscribe at zyzzyva.org
Embrace the unknown this Halloween season… 3 issues from our backlist, chosen at random, $25…
ZYZZYVA Mystery Bundle – ZYZZYVA
Do you want to be delightfully surprised? Does standing before the unknown thrill you? Order the Mystery Bundle and we will select at random three of our fantastic issues from our long backlist—all fo...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Embrace the unknown this Halloween season… 3 issues from our backlist, chosen at random, $25…
We join our Bay Area community in mourning Susan Griffin. If you’re wanting to sit with Susan for some minutes (again or for the first time), we were lucky to have Heidi Benson interview her in our Issue 108.
Read: tinyurl.com/bdm2frwj
Read: tinyurl.com/bdm2frwj
Susan Griffin, influential Berkeley writer and feminist thinker, dies at 82
The author of “Woman and Nature” and narrator of “Berkeley in the Sixties” shaped generations of feminist writers and thinkers.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We join our Bay Area community in mourning Susan Griffin. If you’re wanting to sit with Susan for some minutes (again or for the first time), we were lucky to have Heidi Benson interview her in our Issue 108.
Read: tinyurl.com/bdm2frwj
Read: tinyurl.com/bdm2frwj