This book was a delight. All eight 'Back to Pagan' zines are collected here, with short supplementary essays from Kennedy detailing the context of their composition. The juxtaposition of the two - youthful and vibrant zines, and more reflective, world weary essays - works brilliantly to evoke a woman assessing and processing the people she used to be in order to better grasp who she is now. So, as autobiography it works startlingly well, and for all Pagan's wry self-deprecation, 'Zine' is postmodern life-writing at its best. The only thing that has stopped me from giving this book the full five stars is, unfortunately, the general layout and presentation. Though SFWP should be lauded for faithfully reproducing the original zines, they have shot themselves in the foot by not opting for a larger canvas to do it on. Often the font is so small that most readers will need a magnifying glass to decipher it. This is a shame, because Kennedy writes with such antic exuberance, and composes in such a discerningly ramshackle manner, that her work deserves to be seen up close and a lot more clearly that it can be here. Nonetheless, however much it might hurt your eyes to read it, 'Zine' more than rewards your efforts - whether that be in Kennedy's tale of a road trip through non-place America, reflections on her Southern ancestors, her moving and indignant account of the medical establishment's attitudes to women, or - most importantly of course - the current state of her hair.