Mercury-Marvin Sunderland (he/him) is a transgender autistic gay man from Seattle with Borderline Personality Disorder. He currently attends the Evergreen State College and works for Headline Poetry & Press. He's been published by UC Riverside's Santa Ana River Review, UC Santa Barbara's Spectrum Literary Journal, and The New School's The Inquisitive Eater. He's @Romangodmercury on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Mercury-Marvin was kind enough to sit down with us and by now you know what we asked him to get things going. 

Frances Lefkowitz lent us her story Octopus for the Fall 2020 issue of NUNUM and after we blended it up with the art of Tracy Whiteside we found ourselves with something we couldn't wait to share with the world. 

Frances was kind enough to give us a little of her time and by now you know exactly what the first thing we asked her was.

Frances, what was the first book you remember picking and reading by yourself?

Tracy Whiteside is a Chicago-area photographer specializing in Conceptual Art. Her pieces were blended in NUNUM's Fall 2002 issue with the words of Frances Lefkowitz to create Octopus. 

Most of Tracy's work centres on women and their emotions. Typically, it lies on the dark side of humanity however, with the world in turmoil she has decided she needed some color and silliness in her life.

Tracy was kind enough to give us a little of her time recently so keep reading for some great ideas on submission, inspiration and of course reading habits.

Karol Lagodzki's How to Feed a Family of Three on a Million Polish Zlotych Per Month in 1990 pitched a direction into NUNUM's Summer 2020 issue that sent everyone here off into helpful reflections about where we came from and where we're headed.

Karol was kind enough to give us a little of his time recently and yes he got the same first question that everyone gets ... so all together now - Karol what was the first book you remember reading all by yourself? 

summer 2020 issue with a touch of natural surrealism that angled us all back into a world that lately has seemed so very distant. 

Leah was kind enough to give us a bit of her time recently and yes, you know how things got started, or at least you should've known by now. 

Leah what was the first book that you remember sitting down and reading all by yourself?