About Us

Tabrizia Jones is a Young Adult Librarian in the Bronx. As someone who was born and raised in the Bronx, she has seen the great things that make New York a creative and vibrant city. What better way to display that creativity than in a magazine that celebrates New York! Tabrizia has participated with literary magazines and newspapers in high school, both working on them and submitting to them. In her spare time, she loves to write short stories and poems, do art, and of course, read!

Whitney Davidson-Rhodes (they/them) is an Associate Manager in the Young Adult Programs and Services Department. Though an upstate transplant, they found a home in this bustling big city. Whitney was previously on an art gallery committee that showcased original work from LGBTQ artists from the tri-state area. With a background and passion in art and literature, they've always wanted to produce work that showed off the talents of the people in their community. Whitney's lucky to have found other people who shared the same goals.

Adena Gruskin is an Adult Librarian in Manhattan. While she has been published before, this is her first time working on a Zine and she is very excited to get to see her fellow New Yorkers’ creativity firsthand. An avid reader and writer, Adena is thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this zine with colleagues who share her passions. She is particularly excited about this project because it provides a showcase for our talented patrons and beautiful city. 

Farhan Islam (he/him) Is an Information Assistant from the far away lands of Staten Island, and has yet to run into some vampires out for world domination. He likes to read, love, laugh Sci-Fi and Spec fic. Loves a good time loop film(Groundhog day, Palm springs etc.); and vintage, Slice-of-life anime. Although he’s never been part of a publication community, he’s an admirer of the arts, music and literary creations; and is excited to tag along with our patrons in their pursuit of their awesome creative endeavors. 

Liz Baldwin is an Adult Services Librarian at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. She loves Zines and has been reading Zines, writing Zines, and attending Zine fests for over ten years. She loves how Zines allow people to tell their own stories like so few other mediums can. She's very excited to see what the patrons of the New York Public Library can create and how those pieces can come together in a collaboration.