Ayun Halliday Zines
SPEC.RARE.0331
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.4 Cubic feet
circa 2000s-2025
As of 2026, Ayun Halliday is a writer living in East Harlem, New York. The Ayun Halliday Zines contains thirty-one issues of Halliday's zine
The East Village Inky and five mini zines that cover personal stories of growing up, women's health and sexuality, and feminism. Materials are dated circa 2000s to 2025.
(1) 5" letter document box
English
Halliday, Ayun
Arrangement of Materials
The Ayun Halliday Zines are arranged in two series:
[Series 1:
The East Village Inky](ref1)
[Series 2: Mini-Zines](ref36)
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. RARE.2024.0041: Ayun Halliday, 2022 November; Accession No. RARE.2024.0042: Purchased, 2022 September; Accession No. RARE.2024.0043: Ayun Halliday, 2024 April; Accession No. RARE.2024.0044: Ayun Halliday, 2022 May; Accession No. RARE.2026.0061: Ayun Halliday, 2025 May
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Ayun Halliday Zines, SPEC.RARE.0331, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library , Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 July; Finding aid written by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 July; Allison McPherson, 2026 May
Historical Note
As of 2026, Ayun Halliday is a writer living in East Harlem, New York. She is the author and illustrator of the long running zine
The East Village Inky. The zine chronicles her life as a mother, with a feminist approach. Halliday is involved in several other artistic endeavors, including theater, playwriting, and writing for other publications.
Scope and Contents
The Ayun Halliday Zines contains thirty-one issues of Halliday's long running zine
The East Village Inky and five mini zines that cover personal stories of growing up, women's health and sexuality, and feminism. Material is dated circa 2000s-2025.
Halliday, Ayun
Family life--United States--21st century
Fanzines
Feminism
Little magazines
Mothers--Social life and customs--United States--21st century
Parenting--United States--21st century
Self-publishing--United States--21st century
The east village inky (Zine)
Women political activists--United States--21st century
Women's health--United States--21st century
The East Village Inky
Series 1
2001 July-2025 May
Scope and Contents
The East Village Inky series contains thirty-one issues of a zine that covers Ayun Halliday's life as a mother rasing children in New York City and personal ancedotes about other family members and friends. This is not a full run of the zine; as of 2026, issues 1-10, 12, 14-18, 32, 34, 35, 38-51, 53-54, 56, 58, 61-62, and 68 are not present.
The East Village Inky series is arranged by publication date.
Issue 11
1
1
2001 July
Issue 13
1
2
2001 October
Issue 19
1
3
2003 April
Issue 20
1
4
2003 July
Issue 21
1
5
2003 October
Issue 22
1
6
2004 January
Issue 23
1
7
2004 April
Issue 24
1
8
2004 August
Issue 25
1
9
2004 November
Issue 26
1
10
2005 February
Issue 27
1
11
2005 May
Issue 28
1
12
2005 August
Issue 29
1
13
2005 December
Issue 30
1
14
2006 March
Issue 31
1
15
2006 June
Issue 33
1
16
2007 January
Issue 36
1
17
2007 November
Issue 37
1
18
2008 February
Issue 52
1
19
2013 April
Issue 55
1
20
2015 April
Issue 57
1
21
2016 July
Issue 59
1
22
2019 July
Issue 60
1
23
2019 August
Issue 63
1
24
2021 February
Issue 64
1
25
2021 July
Issue 65
1
26
2021 December
Issue 66
1
27
2022 June
Issue 67
1
28
2022 October
Issue 69
1
29
2023 November
Issue 70
1
35
2024 July
Issue 71
1
36
2025 May
Mini-Zines
Series 2
circa 2000s-2023
Scope and Contents
The Mini-Zines series contains five zines written by Halliday that cover topics such as feminism and women's health, personal ancedotes about growing up in Indiana, and a zine length review of Greta Gerwig's
Barbie movie.
The Mini-Zines series is arranged by publication date.
"Dimly Recalled Doggies of My Hoosier Youth"
1
30
circa 2000s
"Libraries I Have Known and & Mostly Loved"
1
31
2011, 2021
"Intimacy & Art"
1
32
2011 March
"Baby Animals Against Cancer!"
1
33
2021
"
Barbie Movie Manque"
1
34
2023