“Of Restless Wonder” is a team effort: the zine features poems and illustrations by Nicholas Yandell, but it was hand-bound by his husband, Timothy Arliss OBrien. Described as a “work full of questions and contemplations, scenarios and self-analyzations that incite the imagination”, the zine features 15 poems and 1 essay. Most of the material here has a decidedly personal slant, with Nicholas questioning their place in the world, but my favorites stretched to more outside influences: the Twelfth Night-inspired “Antonio’s Waves” was especially affecting, and “The Silver Gray Cat” (complete with an accompanying illustration) was utterly charming. Timothy makes his presence felt through clever touches: the house-shaped zine-within-a-zine sewn into the centerfold, the envelope insert that highlights the poem “A Public Service Announcement On Behalf of All Your Heroic Friends:”, and the cover hand-painted with shiny gold.

📓 Details: 32 pages, b&w inside w/ hand-colored cover
🛒 : $14
🔗 : websiteinstagram


“Of Restless Wonder” is a team effort: the zine features poems and illustrations by Nicholas Yandell, but it was hand-bound by his husband, Timothy Arliss OBrien. Described as a “work full of questions and contemplations, scenarios and self-analyzations that incite the imagination”, the zine features 15 poems and 1 essay. Most of the material here has a decidedly personal slant, with Nicholas questioning their place in the world, but my favorites stretched to more outside influences: the Twelfth Night-inspired “Antonio’s Waves” was especially affecting, and “The Silver Gray Cat” (complete with an accompanying illustration) was utterly charming. Timothy makes his presence felt through clever touches: the house-shaped zine-within-a-zine sewn into the centerfold, the envelope insert that highlights the poem “A Public Service Announcement On Behalf of All Your Heroic Friends:”, and the cover hand-painted with shiny gold.

📓 Details: 32 pages, b&w inside w/ hand-colored cover
🛒 : $14
🔗 : websiteinstagram