Caro || Issue 1

Thank you for reading
caro! Caro is a perzine
in the truest sense of
the term; it’s a public
journal; a place for the
germination of my art,
academic writing, and
poetry; a conversation
starter; and—if you know
how to read it right—a
folded and faded map to
my innermost being. I’ve
included original writing,
collage art, and
the ubiquitous mixtapes.
(see right ->)
I’m reminded of a quote
from Book about Zines
here, “Sometimes only
the page will listen” As
a young poor Southern
Black girl, it was true;
sometimes I only had the
pages of my journal to
express everything I
felt and feared. But
while I enjoyed writing, the anonymity— the quiet— the
cloistered and private nature of journaling never sat-
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