DUM DUM FEST 2: returning to The Echo summer 2024!
DUM DUM FEST is returning to The Echo this summer for its second year!
“Brutalist Elegy” by Colton McLaughlin
Colton McLaughlin recently graduated from Alvernia University with BA in English. He now resides and works in Washington, D.C. Illustration by Andy Lyon.
“objectum sexual” by Danielle Damico
Danielle Damico is a video artist and mother of 16 house plants. She lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Artwork by David Rodriguez
The return of “VOX & Voices: Music & Reading Series
We're back, DUMMIES! Welcome back to our quarterly music & reading event hosted on the charming patio of Stories Books & Cafe...
“fucked-up hashtags in bloom” by AJ Urquidi
AJ Urquidi is a heterogeneous poet of Monterey, Los Angeles, and NYC. His writing has appeared in various journals, including Faultline, Verdad, Chiron Review, and Foothill. A Gerald Locklin Writing Prize winner, AJ is co-founder of online journal indicia and has led workshops at Cal State Long Beach and Beyond Baroque.
“xanax ballad #1” by Lindsey Siferd
Lindsey Siferd is a college admissions counselor moonlighting as a poet. She has previously been published in the Montucky Review, Cimarron Review, and the Atlanta Review. She lives in Brooklyn and can be found on Twitter at @lindseytalks.
DuM Culture: Take Me with You by Rosa Quezada
In a city inundated with sights and sounds, where there is no shortage of things to do and people to meet, I want to know–where in Los Angeles does literature go and where does Literature come from?
Terrible Librarian by Yvonne Amey
Yvonne Amey is a poet and artist living in Orlando, Florida. Her poems, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in Vine Leaves Journal, The Cypress Dome, and The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles. Artwork by Ariel Kessler.
untitled poem series by LM Rivera
LM Rivera lives in Santa Fe, NM. His chapbook THE LITTLE LEGACIES is available from Glo Worm Press and his first full-length book, The Drunkards, is forthcoming from Omnidawn. Artwork by Tamsen Wojtanowski.
Ode to a Bodega by Shannon Nico Shreibak
Shannon Nico Shreibak is a Chicago-based writer, music publicist, and founder of Pulp Cult Writers' Collective. Photo by Yuan Tang.
Hi’s & Byes: #DUMjams December Playlist
It’s December, DUMmies, which means that 2017 is rapidly coming to a close. We created Hi’s and Byes just for the occasion: a collection of hand-picked #DUMjams from local artists to help you say BYE to the old year and HI to some cool new music. Listen below, and follow DUM DUM Zine’s spankin’ new...
DuM Culture: Take Me with You by Rosa Quezada
In a city so inundated with sights and sounds, where there is no shortage of things to do and people to meet, I want to know–where in Los Angeles does literature go? Take Me With You is a new DUM DUM series that pairs a book or a zine with a sensory experience. In our...
TRACK PREMIERE: dimber -“Manges Tes Morts” #DUMjamsDebut
Welcome to the very first installment of #DUMjamsDebut, DUM DUM Zine’s newest music feature where we pair a spankin' new track with an intimate, behind the scenes peek on the song from the artist. Check out the track premiere below from our Echo Park punk favs, dimber.