Archive of Loneliness

The Archive of Loneliness is an interview project. We talk to queer people about isolation, loneliness, life, and the state of the queer community. Then, we put them into a zine, and post them here!

Our guidelines are as follows:

1. our goal is not to explain ourselves, but to unpack our lives without fear of judgement
2. We (Astrophoria) will always build zines with people, decisions will be made together
3. do not try to agree. Do not enmesh everyone’s styles. Let the dissonance between us speak for itself, and be beautiful.
4. Interviewees always have final say over what gets printed, filmed, published, and depicted.

This year for our first issue, we’ve selected 6 queer artists from around Oklahoma: check out the videos!

Antwon Shelton, a poet, author, and artist from Vinita, living in Tulsa (check out his website!)

Dawn Solis, a poet, student, and owner of nonprofit publication, “Rising Dawn Magazine”, living in Norman

Eden, a digital artist, and two-spirit person, living in Norman .

Jude Privett, a poet and visual artist living in Norman

Madi Stevens, a sculptor and collage artist from Jones

Memphis Gray, a law student and woodcarver from Ada

Downloading the Zine:

Here’s the link to AoL 2025!

Bonus Zine!

(Coming soon, formatting in progress!)

We spent some time at rural pride events in Oklahoma this past summer. We set up a booth and interviewed people about their lives and experiences. This zine is an archive of those conversations.