Sarah Mirk Explained

Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Grinnell College
Occupation:Journalist

Sarah Shay Mirk (she/they) is an author, zinester,[1] and journalist based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Education

Mirk attended Grinnell College, graduating in 2008.[2]

Career

She worked for the Portland Mercury from 2008 to 2013.[3] She has also written for Bitch Media.[4] Since 2017 Mirk has been a contributing editor at The Nib.

In 2019, they also undertook the enterprise of making one zine a day,[5] [6] and she then compiled a hundred of them in a self-published book, Year of Zines (2020).[7] They make their zines freely available to "anyone, especially teachers and educators".[8]

Guantanamo Voices was a New York Times pick for the Best Graphic Novels of 2020.[9] 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 New Yorker, Bitch, and NPR.

Works

Articles

Books

Interviews

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ketcham . Amaris . 2022-01-12 . An Interview with Sarah Mirk . 2023-11-16 . Autobiographix.
  2. Web site: Exactly the Job She Wanted Grinnell Magazine. 2020-10-22. magazine.grinnell.edu.
  3. News: Articles by Sarah Mirk. Portland Mercury. en. 2018-11-25.
  4. News: Sabatier. Julie. September 10, 2014. Navigating Non-Monogamy. Oregon Public Broadcasting. March 5, 2016.
  5. Web site: Paul . Constant . Sarah Mirk is creating one zine a day, and she's bringing them to Short Run . 6 November 2019 . The Seattle Review of Books . 2019-11-09.
  6. Web site: Joshua . Amberson . Behind the Zines: Sarah Mirk is Making 365 Zines in 365 Days . 10 April 2019 . Riot Fest . 2019-04-10.
  7. News: Kaplan. Avery. July 4, 2020. A Year of Free Comics: The many zines of SARAH MIRK. Comics Beat. December 8, 2020.
  8. Web site: Chamberlain. Henry. 2020-05-23. Interview: Sarah Mirk, the World of Zines, and Visual Storytelling. 2020-12-08. Comics Grinder. en-US.
  9. News: Ed Park and Hillary Chute . A New York Times pick for the Best Graphic Novels of 2020 . The New York Times . 9 December 2020 . 2020-12-09.
  10. Web site: Spitaleri. Ellen. Oregon history gets a little comic twist. 2020-12-19.
  11. Dieppa. Isabel Sophia. Erotic Sci-Fi Graphic Novel "Open Earth" Explores Polyamory In Space. Bust.
  12. Spring 2020. Guantanamo Voices (an excerpt). World Literature Today.
  13. News: Dueben. Alex. July 30, 2020. Smash Pages Q&A: Sarah Mirk. Smash Pages. December 8, 2020.
  14. Web site: Acena . TJ . Portland writer Sarah Mirk's new illustrated book delves deep to tell the tales of lives in limbo at the prison built on the War on Terror . Oregon ArtsWatch . 26 August 2020.
  15. Web site: Lakshmi . Sarah . A New Graphic Novel Makes the Stories of Guantánamo Bay Visible . KQED . 12 September 2020.
  16. Web site: Wang . Amy . Stories from Guantánamo get compelling comic-style treatment from Portland journalist . 5 September 2020 . The Oregonian/OregonLive . 14 September 2020.
  17. Web site: Smith . Suzette . This New Graphic Novel Looks at Guantanamo Bay with Clear Eyes and a Sunset Palette . Portland Monthly . 2020-09-03.
  18. Web site: Sabatier. Julie. Portland author Sarah Mirk on 'Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison'. 2020-09-08. Oregon Public Broadcasting. audio interview.
  19. Web site: James Amberson . Joshua . The Stories We Tell About Guantánamo . Propeller Books . 2020-09-08.
  20. Web site: 2020-09-19. 4 nuvolette con : Sarah Mirk - autrice di Guantanamo Voices. 2021-05-28. ComixIsland. it-IT.
  21. Web site: Erin . Polgreen . How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction . Nieman Reports . 15 July 2014.

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