Forage is a zine that contains a selection of poems by Chinese Canadian writer, Rita Wong, that were sent to me by a friend. I love how Wong uses her writing to understand her identity as an immigrant while simultaneously using her voice to support indigenous people. Her writing sits at the intersection of new and old, land and water, climate and technology and has been a great influence of mine. I find it serendipitous how I stumbled across her writing by chance, so with this project, I aim to honor her.

To honor the rich symbolism and imagery wong uses in her writing, I paired her poems with photos of objects reference either explicitly in her writing or through theme. I chose to riso print this zine, as the texture and ephemerality of the medium pairs with the themes of natural decay and technology that Wong writes about.