ZYZZYVA publishes the best prose, poetry, and visual art produced by West Coast writers and artists—along with the occasional piece from east of California. Since 1985, we’ve published such writers as Sherman Alexie, Raymond Carver, Aimee Bender, Po Bronson, F.X. Toole, Haruki Murakami, Richard Rodriguez, and Daniel Handler; poets such as Kay Ryan, Adrienne Rich, Matthew Zapruder, Czeslaw Milosz, W.S. Di Piero, and Francisco X. Alarcon, and we’ve featured work from such artists as Ed Ruscha, Sandow Birk, Laurie Anderson, Richard Diebenkorn, and Wayne Thiebaud.
Masthead
- Laura Cogan, Editor
- Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor
- Josh Korwin, Print Production
- Regan McMahon, Copy Editor
- Paul Madonna, David L. Ulin, Robin Ekiss, Sam Barry, Contributing Editors
- Chris Carosi, Jovan Carreon, Kevin Stark, Interns
Board of Directors
- Jonathan Schmidt, President
- Henry Bowles
- Laura Cogan
Identity & Website Design
Founding Funders
Sylvia Brown, Denis Clifford, Barnaby Conrad III, Sara Urquhart Duskin, Dale Freeman, Alec Lambie, Flicka McGurrin, Thomas V. Meyer, Pamela Pierce, Nancy Randle, Alan Rinzler, Kathleen Riquelme, Jack Stuppin, Jerome Tarshis, Lisa Taylor, Tim Savinar/Patty Unterman, Thomas Edwin Woodhouse
Underwriters
Anonymous, Lisa Brown & Daniel Handler, Lucey Bowen, Mary Bunzel, Rob Bunzel, Alice Corning, Paul Curtin, Rick & Dana Davis, Nancy & Bob Farese, Steven De Hart, Jan Deming & Jeffrey Goodby, Christine DeSimone, Sue Diekman, Stephen Dow, Maryanne Flynn, Chuck Forester, Rebecca Foust, Candice Fuhrman, Kathi George, Stephen & Margaret Gill, Jack Hagstrom, Maurine Shores Halperin, Ann Hatch, James Higgins, Charles & Naomie Kremer, Joy Leo, Alberta B. Lloyd, Dixon Long, Alvin Lu, Dawn McGuire, Steve & Nancy Oliver, John Osterweis, Susan Pritzker, Jon Saiger, Gregory Sarris, Tim Savinar & Patty Unterman, Jane Cole Scott, Janine Smith, Len & Jan Smith, Frances Stroh, Lisa & James Taylor, Celia & Randy Wedding, Peter Booth Wiley, Martin & Margaret Zankel
Friends of ZYZZYVA
Anonymous, Gordon Baldwin, Laurel Beeler, Mary Bennett & Bill Squire, Charles Boccadoro, Billy Bragman, Syvia Brown, Tecoah & Tom Bruce, Mike Burbank, Carmela Ciuraru, Denis Clifford, David Colt, Julie Conner & Scott Milsten, Barnaby Conrad III, June Cooperman & Larry Litvak, Marie Dern, Glenn D’Mello, Becky Draper, Sara Urquhart Duskin, Bill & Iris Edlund, R. L. Edwards, Clarence & Marion Enerson, Norm Enerson, David Fechheimer, Ned Forrest, Dale Freeman, Blair Fuller, Hans Gallas, Walt Halland, Chuck & Sandy Hobson, Adam Hochschild, James Hormel, Alec Lambie, Jane Lund, Pamela Martin, John Marx, Stephen Melikian, Thomas V. Meyer, Gail Moore, Rich & Gale Morrison, Pamela Pierce, Kelly Purcell & Paul Thiebaud, Glenna Putt & Charles Campbell, John Rigney, Alan Rinzler, Ron Rhody, Henry Rogers, David Rolph, Charles Rund, Catherine Segurson, Dave Seter, Joseph Truskot, Jim Watts, Rosemarie Johnstone Weinstein, Caron Kamps Widden, Thomas Edwin Woodhouse
Patrons of Art & Literature
Nitza Agam, Michele Anderson, Anonymous, Bob Baldock, Hathaway Barry, Robert Bense, Susie Biehler, Richard Bohannon, John Bunzel, Kishore Chakravorty, Drew Cushing, Brian Davidson, Audrey Ferber, Billy Fields, Maryanne Flynn, Charles Garber, Darien Hzu Gee, Kathleen Glassburn, Stephen Gomez, Lyn Grant, Judith Gordon, Mary Guterson, Stephen Gutierrez, Ruth & Robert Halperin, Richard Harrah, Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman, David Hecht, Chuck & Melanie Horn, Georgia Hughes, Holly Hulburd, James Jordan, Ruthann Fowler Kabat, Anna Koster, Steve LaLonde, Richard La Motte, Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, Scott & Cameron Laughlin, Dorianne Laux, Elizabeth McKenzie, John & Leslie Terzian Markoff, Michael Martone, Jim Mashburn, Daniel Mazza & Robin Graziani, Sandy Mazza, Chris Mittelstaedt, Ricardo Moran, Gale and Rich Morrison, A.J. Rathbun, Alexander Read, Bryant Rice, Kathleen Riquelme, Chris & Sallie Sanford, C. David Scronce, Darcy Sears, Elizabeth Sibson-Tuan & Bertrand Tuan, Kathy Silva, Mark Smallwood & Taffy Everts, Nancy Smith, Nat Sobel, David & Vicki Stolberg, Elizabeth Tallent, Lori & Steve Taylor, Elizabeth & Robert Tuck, Rita Valencia, M. Robert Warden, Brenda Webster, Pattie Wells, John Wiget Supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and by matching grants from Bank of America, Charles Schwab, John Wiley & Sons
Huzzahs for ZYZZYVA
- Almost an embarrassing embarras de richesse. —TLS
- Unusually pleasing to the sensibilities. —USA Today
- A veritable menagerie of West Coast talent. —Vanity Fair
- Another superb magazine with a literary patina is giving nonfiction prose the respect and space it deserves. —Washington Post
- Gracefully skirts the line between hip and highbrow. —ELLE
- There are hundreds of small magazines on the West Coast, but this is one of the best. Highly recommended. —Library Journal
- The best writing I’ve seen recently in small-press magazines. —The Nation
- Iconoclastic and often excellent. —Newsday
- Consistently elegant. —San Francisco Chronicle
- Defies your expectations. —Seattle Times
- ZYZZYVA seems completely accessible to any literate soul…with its wide-ranging subject matter [it] is sure to provide something of interest for every reader who has a taste for the new. It deserves a place in academic libraries, with the caveat that its honesty and directness may well offend the priggish. —Serials Review
- A top-notch omnibus…The regional limitation to West Coast writers is an interesting parameter, setting it apart from the traditions of the East Coast, and promising to tap the deep reservoir of talent along the Pacific. I always find each issue an exciting read, a literate compilation of challenging themes that probe the psyche, avoiding head-on political battles, but nevertheless aware…Exceptional care is taken with the production values, evident in the masterful reproductions of everything from charcoal drawings to calligraphy…All of the visuals provide an enticing frame, wrapping ZYZZYVA in a mysterious cloak, giving us the sensation of a free-floating art complex that is presenting an exhibit of words and pictures unequaled by many literary reviews. —Small Press
- If you have never subscribed to a little magazine, this is a wonderful place to start. Recommended for all. —Small Press Review
