History
thepaperbagwriter was started in 2006 by a group of vigilant summer students at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island who in the face of constant rejection and disapproval took to their own devices and published a zine of their work. Labeled with only a typewriter, issue one took form with 25 pages of photocopied goodness; a collection of short stories, poetry and satire that was slipped into brown paper bags and hung from telephone and tree braches by clothespins throughout Providence. Due to poor calculations and unfortunate weather few of the issues actually reached the hands of readers, but those that did were passed around and coveted , and the paperbagwriter was born.
The short-run release of Issue One prompted enough submissions and donations to compile a second. Issue two, with a run of 400 packaged in paper and packed with poetry, prose, an interview and a mini-comic made it to independent bookstores in New York and Boston and began a wave of submissions that prompted our website and journal. With the heart of a zine and the brawn of a journal, our third issue, labeled Brown Paper One is availible through our website and at retailers thoughout the country.
The short-run release of Issue One prompted enough submissions and donations to compile a second. Issue two, with a run of 400 packaged in paper and packed with poetry, prose, an interview and a mini-comic made it to independent bookstores in New York and Boston and began a wave of submissions that prompted our website and journal. With the heart of a zine and the brawn of a journal, our third issue, labeled Brown Paper One is availible through our website and at retailers thoughout the country.
