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birdsong is fledgling literary zine published quarterly by birdsong press, a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, NY. Each issue of the zine includes poetry, visual art, short stories and thought pieces loosely tied around a sensory experience. Issues have included the themes unrequited, long, heat, and over.
Each edition of the publication is carefully handmade using traditional
St. Mark's Place (Manhattan), Think Coffee, Cakeshop, and Joe's Coffee in the West Village; in Brooklyn
: Desert Island Comics, Artist and Craftsman Supply, Variety Café, Stainbar, Blackbird Café, and Atlas Café.
The journal was founded in 2008 by American Indian poet, printer, and bookmaker Thomas Pico (b. [[1983). Tommy, a member of
Liberal Arts. He moved to New York City in 2006 to pursue study in creative writing at The New School
and to work as a bookmaker and printer at Softskull Press,
Contributors to birdsong have included: