MiRK WORK

OREGON HISTORY COMICS

s.mirk — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:19:59 +0000

Crunch time! The series of 10 comics I’m writing about little-known and marginalized stories from Oregon’s history are all coming out this March!

The comics are published in collaboration with local arts group the Dill Pickle Club and 10 different Portland artists. Look forward to the big release party at Powell’s this spring! In the meantime, you can find the comics at a bunch of local comics stores plus at Multnomah County Library.

Read more about our progress on the Oregon History Comics project and see some photos and illustrations here on my comics page.

MODERN LOVERS

s.mirk — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:00:53 +0000

Half of Americans aren’t married—so it’s high time to step back and figure out what’s working and what’s broken about the way we live and love. Modern Lovers: Rules for Relationships from People Who Hate Rules will be a book of smart relationship advice from people who’ve spent their lives learning the ins-and-outs of queer, feminist, and nonmongamous relationships the hard way.

In spring of 2012, I’ll be traveling around the country interviewing sex and gender writers, as well as just regular people who have articulate insight on building nontraditional relationships. From people who’ve decided to never have children to people who know they’ll never be happy with just one partner, how do you make good decisions without relying religion or tradition?

Read more about the book and interviewees at the Modern Lovers page.

RECENT WRITING

s.mirk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:42 +0000

We Have Enough Humans, Thanks: As the global population hit six billion in November, I profiled Portland and Seattle twentysomethings who have decided they never want children——but often face social stigma and pushback from doctors if they try to get sterilized.

Last August, I finally wrote a story I’ve been interested in for years. The Last Summer of Mass Destruction explores the chemical weapons plant that has resided peacefully outside the small town of Hermiston, Oregon, for 70 years. After spending decades stockpiling deadly chemical weapons, the plant has spent the last 20 years incinerating them, one by one. During the lifetime of one generation, the weapons will have been manufactured, banned, and destroyed.