Sarah Shay Mirk (she/they) is an author, zinester, and journalist based in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
, in the United States.
Education
Mirk attended
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College.
Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-st ...
, graduating in 2008.
Career
She worked for the ''
Portland Mercury
''Portland Mercury'' is an alternative bi-weekly newspaper and media company founded in 2000 in Portland, Oregon. It has a sibling publication in Seattle, Washington, called '' The Stranger''.
Contributors and staff
Editor-in-chief: Wm. Steven ...
'' from 2008 to 2013. She has also written for Bitch Media.
Since 2017 Mirk has been a contributing editor at
The Nib
The Nib is an American online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoir about current affairs. Founded by cartoonist Matt Bors in September 2013, The Nib is an independent member-supported pu ...
.
In 2019, they also undertook the enterprise of making one
zine
A zine ( ; short for '' magazine'' or '' fanzine'') is a small-circulation self-published
Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to writ ...
a day, and she then compiled a hundred of them in a self-published book, ''Year of Zines'' (2020)''.'' They make their zines freely available to "anyone, especially teachers and educators".
''Guantanamo Voices'' was a ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'' pick for the Best Graphic Novels of 2020. Mirk also teaches a writing class for graduate students at Portland State University's Art + Design program.
Their comics have been featured in ''
The Nib
The Nib is an American online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoir about current affairs. Founded by cartoonist Matt Bors in September 2013, The Nib is an independent member-supported pu ...
'',
''The New Yorker'', ''Bitch'', and
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
.
Works
Articles
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Books
* ''Oregon History Comics'' (Know Your City, 2012. Small comic books about Oregon history. Available for free for non-commercial purposes on Mirk's official website.)
*''Sex from Scratch: Making Your Own Relationship Rules'' (Microcosm, 2014)
*''Open Earth'' (Limerence Press, 2018. A queer sci-fi comic about
polyamory
Polyamory () is the practice of, or desire for, romantic relationships with more than one partner at the same time, with the informed consent of all partners involved. People who identify as polyamorous may believe in open relationships wit ...
, with art by Eva Cabrera and Claudia Aguirre)
*''Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison'' (
Abrams Abrams may refer to:
* Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname
* '' Abrams v. United States'', 250 U.S. 616 (1919), U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding free speech during times of war
* M1 Abrams, main battle tank
* Abrams, W ...
, 2020. Anthology of nonfiction comics)
*''Year of Zines'' (self-published, 2020)
Interviews
*''Nieman Reports'' - How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction.
References
External links
*
Recent Articles by Sarah Mirkat ''The Stranger''
Articles by Sarah Mirkat ''Portland Mercury.''
Own website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women journalists
Journalists from Portland, Oregon
Place of birth missing (living people)
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Audio and Video
21st-century American women
Grinnell College alumni
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