Written in 2017 over a period of transition, loss, and community grief, A Year Without You chronicles the complex experiences around depression, alienation, and suicide. This perzine explores the author’s confrontation of their own mental health, the impact of greater social pressures on people, and the unseen sadness that often lives underneath the surface. A new epilogue was added in 2024 to further reflect on how we continue as communities and individuals cope with the loss of those we love.
In the midst’s of busy lives, some people stop altogether and the reflexive question to the answer given is “why?”. m.e gamlem explores transformation, challenges with personal health, and new roles in their community while grappling with the truth that some people would rather take their own life than move forward. - 5.5x8.5, 48 pages, full color cover on standard paper. $5
