Sarah Shay Mirk (she/they) is an author, zinester, and journalist based in

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, in the United States.

Education

Mirk attended

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, graduating in 2008.

Career

She worked for the ''

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'' from 2008 to 2013. She has also written for Bitch Media. Since 2017 Mirk has been a contributing editor at

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. In 2019, they also undertook the enterprise of making one

zine A zine ( ; short for '' magazine'' or '' fanzine'') is a small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via a copy machine. Zines are the product of either a single person or of a very s ...

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 ''

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'' 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 New Yorker'', ''Bitch'', and

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Works

Articles

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

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, with art by Eva Cabrera and Claudia Aguirre) *''Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison'' ( Abrams, 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 Mirk
at ''The Stranger''
Articles by Sarah Mirk
at ''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 {{US-journalist-20thC-stub