Jacob Berendes

Mothers News

http://www.mothersnews.net

41 issues, 2010 - 2015

A free monthly newspaper. Mothers News began as a double-sided 11x17" broadsheet and ballooned up to 8 to 12 pages on newsprint. It was supported by ads from the community and by subscriptions. The print run at the end was 5,000 copies, with 500 going to subscribers and the rest distributed for free in Providence and at select spots across the US.

I did the bulk of the writing and design work, as well as selling ads and running a yearly subscription drive. Regular contributors included Mickey Zacchilli, James Kuo, CF, Sophia Tintori, Brian Chippendale, Kate Schapira, Charlotte de Sédouy, Michael DeForge, Arthur Katrina, Mike Taylor, Charles Forsman, Melissa Mendes, and Tom Bubul.

To order a selection of back issues of Mothers News, please see Domino Books.

"hyper, delirious, and weird. ...essential reading." - Paris Review
"The United States’ only worthwhile newspaper... an ebullient and funny and devastatingly smart project." - Grace Ambrose
"I like the writing" - Gary Panter
"Mothers News is smart and funny and it justifies the continued existence of physical newspapers in a smaller, more personal form." - Printeresting
Mothers News interview in Maximumrockandroll magazine #379. Read it online here:[link]
Mothers News interview in ACRES magazine. Read it online here: [link]
Mothers News won a New England Art Award for "Best Book 2011".