"Glass" from Secret Tortures included in Oyster River Pages Literary Journal

July 18, 2019

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My illustrated poem “Glass” from the series Secret Tortures has been selected for publication in the Oyster River Pages Literary Journal, August 2019 issue.

I am so honored to be included in such an incredible collection of work.

Hi. I'm Erin, but everyone calls me Z.

safety first. Arting it up can be dangerous y’all.

About Z:

Erin Zerbe, who goes by "Z", is an interdisciplinary artist working in illustration, digital art and mixed media. Her work specializes in human emotions and relationships between the body and spirituality, tackling issues of gender, grief, and the metaphysical. Zerbe has exhibited her work widely, along artists such as Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshat, Carrie Mae Weems, and Sebastiao Salgado. Her exhibition record includes a variety of notable venues such as the Dublin Biennial; Cutting Edge exhibition in Florence, Italy; Gallery 175 in Seoul, South Korea; Biennale de Palermo; School 33 Art Center; and the (e)merge Art Fair DC. Zerbe received her BFA in Kinetic Imaging from VCU in 2006 and her MFA in Photographic and Electronic Media from MICA in 2011 where she also earned her certificate in post-secondary education. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Marietta College, in Marietta, OH where she teaches courses in Graphic Design, Photography, and Digital Media. Additionally, Z teaches courses for Atlantic University’s MA in Transpersonal Psychology online program.