The zine has become one of the most popular and prolific in the city, which has both good and bad points — good because people are clearly enjoying the publication, but bad because some of the earlier issues have quickly fallen out of circulation. “Throughout the years, I’ve had a lot of great writing and a lot of great writers submit their stories and poems,” Polk notes. “It just seemed like a shame that those zines weren’t still in circulation and still in print, so I figured if I put them in book form, it’s a way to present them again and conserve them.”
That book, The Best of the Yellow Rake, will be released with fanfare — and a party — tonight at 7 p.m. at the Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street. Admission is $8 — and bring your thinking caps: Partiers who can answer five trivia questions correctly will win copies of the book or other merchandise. Call 303-291-1007.
Fri., Aug. 28, 7 p.m., 2009
