Queens College Special Collections and Archives recently acquired a curated box of over 60 zines from BlackMass Publishing that explore politics, jazz, religion, architecture, and other themes. We were able to celebrate this acquisition with an open archives visit and a a conversation with BlackMass publishers Yusuf Hassan and Kwamé Sorrell 

BlackMass Publishing is an independent press promoting and publishing material by Black artists founded by Yusuf Hassan in 2019. Combining archival photographs and found print material with poetry and jazz music, BlackMass grapples with the blurred lines and idiosyncrasies which make up the collective improvisation of African diasporic culture.

Sponsored by Queens College Library Special Collections and Archives, the Queens College MFA Program, and Queens College Africana Studies, with the generous support of the Pine Tree Foundation of New York.