Sarah Mirk | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Grinnell College |
Occupation | Journalist |
Sarah Shay Mirk (she/they) is an author, zinester, [1] and journalist based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Mirk attended Grinnell College, graduating in 2008. [2]
She worked for the Portland Mercury from 2008 to 2013. [3] She has also written for Bitch Media. [4] Since 2017 Mirk has been a contributing editor at The Nib.
In 2019, they also undertook the enterprise of making one zine a day, [5] [6] and she then compiled a hundred of them in a self-published book, Year of Zines (2020). [7] They make their zines freely available to "anyone, especially teachers and educators". [8]
Guantanamo Voices was a New York Times pick for the Best Graphic Novels of 2020. [9] Mirk also teaches a writing class for graduate students at Portland State University's Art + Design program.
Their comics have been featured in The Nib , The New Yorker , Bitch, and NPR.
In 2024, Sarah Mirk faced online criticism after publishing a satirical, "sanitized" version of the handkerchief code. [10]
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