The swell Reader

In collaboration with the Taft Research Center, we’re creating a quarterly community-sourced zine. Stop into swell for free supplies to make and/or submit onsite or email us your digital submission at swellartcafe@gmail.com

Current prompt below.

Note: We reserve the right to not include/print any submissions we deem inappropriate for any reason.

Don’t be a jerk.

The Fall 2025 Prompt is REPAIR:

What does it mean to repair when things feel irreparable? What can and cannot be repaired? When do you know to repair and when to abandon repair? What imaginative, critical, or creative practices help you process repair?

Please submit your drawings, poems, essays, doodles, etc. in response for inclusion in the first quarterly swell Reader by November 1, 2025.