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Ted Farrell and I started We Magazine—a xeroxed zine—in Fall of 1986; he and I edited its first six editions as students in Charlottesville, VA. We Press became an entity after I relocated to California (and We acquired its first Post Office Box). We expanded over time, and began exploring alternative methods of producing poetry publications while I was living in Santa Cruz (1988-1992). Stephen Cope and Karl Daegling were my primary collaborators during this time. Jimo Thomas, Angela Coon, Eric Curkendall, Katie Yates, James Garrison, Richard Loranger, Belle Gironda, Amy Hufnagel, and others made significant editorial contributions over the years.

During the Santa Cruz period, which is the focus of PennSound's We Magazine Digital Archive, We produced three audio magazines (one compact disc, two cassettes), a VHS edition, as well as cassettes of poetry by William Everson, Andy Clausen (with thelemonade), and a cassette that was included in a mixed-media envelope edition of the magazine. Later, two Internet editions of the magazine emerged, as did our most ambitious publication, Kamau Brathwaite’s book ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey (see wepress.org for more information). Since all of our A/V artifacts are long out of print, We are grateful to PennSound for putting them back into circulation here.

—Chris Funkhouser
Tivoli, NY, 2025

Issue 11 (1989)

Side A (34:06): MP3

Side B (33:17): MP3

Additional information at wepress.org: link

Issue 14 (1991)

  1. Francisco X. Alarcón: Letter to America (1:05): MP3
  2. Eskimo: O those I's (0:36): MP3
  3. Ed's Redeeming Qualities: Falls Church Virginia (4:19): MP3
  4. Eskimo: Lung (0:13): MP3
  5. Tory Miller: Skittle Rama (1:54): MP3
  6. Tory Miller: Screaming Slugs (4:15): MP3
  7. Eskimo: Mammy, Cold and Clammy (0:41): MP3
  8. Andy Clausen: I Don't Want It (2:37): MP3
  9. Andy Clausen & thelemonade: Gokyo Lake Breaking Up in the Sun (4:57): MP3
  10. Eskimo: Raket mensch (0:31): MP3
  11. Jean Gier/Sybl Glebow: Strange Room (1:54): MP3
  12. Eskimo: Baby Kins (1:07): MP3
  13. Angela B. Coon: I Eloped with the Demon French (3:29): MP3
  14. Eskimo: Belly-up (0:55): MP3
  15. Richard Loranger: See the Boy (0:32): MP3
  16. Richard Loranger: The Time to Act Is Now (1:19): MP3
  17. Eskimo: Slender (0:32): MP3
  18. H.D. Moe & thelemonade: Zebentor Q (2:31): MP3
  19. H.D. Moe & thelemonade: Zubwang Fllib (1:10): MP3
  20. Eskimo: Broken (0:36): MP3
  21. Michael Weaver: Faced (1:04): MP3
  22. Eskimo: Wooden Shoes (0:33): MP3
  23. Monks of Doom: Circassian Beauty (4:45): MP3
  24. Eskimo: Untitled (0:20): MP3
  25. Victoria Stone: Cavesong (3:13): MP3
  26. Eskimo: Plum (0:28): MP3
  27. Eric Curkendall: Taco Bell: An Object (5:13): MP3
  28. Eskimo: Paella Guru (0:42): MP3
  29. Morton Marcus: Sounds in the Garden (3:35): MP3
  30. Eskimo: We Call It (0:46): MP3
  31. Elisabeth Belile: Lisa Dreams She Is Part of a Constellation (2:12): MP3
  32. Eskimo: Colonel Plank (0:22): MP3
  33. Richie West: As Was Saw (4:30): MP3
  34. Richie West: Symphony (4:23): MP3
  35. Eskimo: You May Ask (0:22): MP3
  36. Francisco X. Alarcón: Victima Del Sismo (1:44): MP3
  37. Francisco X. Alarcón: Tropical (3:06): MP3

Issue xv (1992)

Complete recording (58:03): MP3

Additional information at wepress.org: link

Issue 16 (1992)


Complete recording (6:52): MP3

Issue 17 (1993)

Complete work at EPC: link

Issue 18 (1993)

Issue 19 (2007)

Complete work at wepress.org: link

Andy Clausen and thelemonade, Santa Cruz, CA (1992)

Complete recording (20:56): MP3

William Everson, Santa Cruz, CA (1992)


  1. Part 1 (12:48): MP3
  2. Part 2 (14:20): MP3

Complete Catalogue

Complete catalogue at wepress.org: link


© Chris Funkhouser and all related artists. Recordings available for non-commercial and educational use only. Distributed with permission by PennSound.