{
  "title": "Lost Pigeons Post",
  "subtitle": "Love letters to Tallahassee, FL",
  "author": "Julio Dominguez",
  "genre": "testimonial",
  "series": "Trash Vibes",
  "issue": 4,
  "publication_date": "May 2023",
  "publisher": "Plastikk Press",
  "summary": "A postcard-and-letter zine written while Julio Domínguez recovers from a routine laparoscopic medical procedure in Gainesville. He sends affectionate messages to Tallahassee friends, cafés, bars, shops, and creative communities, turning homesickness and recovery into an inventory of local relationships and places.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "name": "Bread And Roses / The BARK",
      "recipient": "Andy and friends at The BARK",
      "summary": "From Alachua County, Julio says he misses The BARK, its patrons, servers, PBR, outdoor dining, trains, and lizards. He wishes everyone love, rest, and laughter and asks Andy to tell everyone he loves them."
    },
    {
      "name": "Square Mug Café",
      "recipient": "Donna and friends",
      "summary": "Julio praises Square Mug as a welcoming place and lists many people whose names he remembers, while emphasizing that he also loves and misses the people whose names he never learned. He asks that his love be sent to the magnolia tree and Railroad Square."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lake Of Fire",
      "recipient": "Van, Joey, and Mouse",
      "summary": "Julio describes a smooth but physically limiting surgical recovery: he feels well but cannot yet drive, bike, run, or lift much. He misses Lake Of Fire, Railroad Square, the cats, and conversations with Van, and shares enthusiasm about meeting Gainesville zinesters and contributing collage work to The AshTray352 Zine."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Balden Gardens",
      "recipient": "The Balden Gardens community",
      "summary": "He congratulates the recipients on their Earth Day Open House and says he wishes he could have attended while away recovering in Gainesville."
    },
    {
      "name": "Koya",
      "recipient": "Koya",
      "summary": "A brief note apologizes for missing Fluids, wishes the recipients well, and offers encouragement for their lives."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mammoth Ruler",
      "recipient": "Kelly",
      "summary": "A short postcard-style message tells Julio's brother Kelly that he loves him and wants more musicians and power users in his life, thanking him for everything he is."
    },
    {
      "name": "Crystal Portal",
      "recipient": "Crystal Portal staff",
      "summary": "Julio explains that he is away recovering, misses the shop and its kind staff, and looks forward to returning to see the crystals and bracelets."
    },
    {
      "name": "Parks and Gardens",
      "recipient": "Jake and Jess",
      "summary": "He apologizes for being gone and says he misses them, matching the postcard's natural setting to Jake's majesty and Jess's beauty and hair."
    },
    {
      "name": "Parks and Preservation",
      "recipient": "Dharma and Ali",
      "summary": "Julio calls recovery annoying but says he should not complain. He misses seeing Dharma and Ali while drinking beer in the garden, praises their work and sweetness, and imagines meeting them again at the iron benches."
    }
  ],
  "themes": [
    "Homesickness and affection for Tallahassee's independent social spaces",
    "Recovery, physical limitation, and gratitude",
    "Community memory, including affection for people whose names are unknown",
    "Zines, collage, postcards, and mail as intimate art forms",
    "Mutual support among local artists, musicians, workers, and friends"
  ],
  "style": "An assemblage of handwritten or collage-like postcard pages, short letters, place names, jokes, affectionate sign-offs, and reproduced vintage postcard imagery. The emotional register is warm, playful, informal, and community-centered.",
  "source_url": "https://www.cushbomb.com/ZINES/TV4_LPP.pdf"
}