Unemployment Press

"Zine Scenes" New York Post, November 29, 2009. Marissa Meltzer wrote:

Aaron Lake Smith, 26, a journalist, is the author of several zines, including one on Joan Didion and his most recent, “Unemployment,” which was written during a jobless period last winter. He started doing a zine one summer when none of his friends were around.

"Photocopied and Stapled" The Rumpus, Jason Diamond wrote:

What sets Lake Smith apart from what Tobias Carroll referred to as a “post-Cometbus generation of punk rock memoirists” is his ability to balance the silly with the serious. He goes through bouts of guilt that would make any Catholic jealous, and is constantly haunted by the dark shadow of capitalism. Whether or not Aaron Lake Smith is happy watching what he refers to as “the crumpled and fading empire of America” is of no matter to me, but the fact that he documents it so well is what matters.

Arthur Magazine, Andy Folk