The Zyzzyva literary magazine is filled with stories, essays, plays, poetry and artwork. Each author is different, writing about traveling to California or essays on science and poetry. The one thing the works all have in common is that they are always amazing. Reading the stories and the poems and the essays made me want to be a better writer, these writers seemed on a whole other level of great writing. While it seems crazy that everything can be so good, it was. Every single story and poem I read left me wanting to read more, more of the story, more of the authors work, more of zyzzyva.
I take a class every Monday night at 826 Valencia, a store that sells pirate-themed wares in the front and a writing center in the back. The store has a subtle air of hipster about it (located on Valencia street it is almost a requirement) but is also dedicated to putting out quality writing. The class I take is called Writing and Publishing Apprentices where I work with a tutor every week. When I told my tutor as well as the “teacher” of the class that I had gotten an internship at Zyzzyva they were very excited. The teacher told me, that he was friends with the person I would be interning with. The teacher also told me that he thought Zyzzyva would be a great experience for me. The quality of the work the magazine puts out is the quality I strive for when writing at 826 Valencia. I’m excited to work with such talented people.