about
the team at the table
bookclub at the depot is a free literary zine and podcast based in austin, tx — where music, poetry, art, and ideas come together to sit at the same table.
kensey slone
writer, musician, and curious ex-academic turned existential corporate-girlie. academic expertise: environmental communication, posthumanism, critical theory.
alexis vega
lover of the spoken word, poetry, sci-fi, and a sucker for sad-boy music and spanish rock divas. academic expertise: health messaging around cancer genetic testing, border rhetoric, and health communication.
[ andrew’s photo — to add ]
andrew portillo
ex-hardcore shredder, recovering straight-edge kid turned not-so-straight-edge-actually, guitar slinger, and doodler extraordinaire.
how this is made
human-first, human-driven, human-finished. we write from our own notes, voice, and ideas — sometimes researching or editing with ai — then the team does the final polish so the words are ours. any ai assistance is disclosed in each piece’s methodology, and as an environmental organization, minimizing ai usage is part of the mission. some pieces are written entirely by hand — you’ll know, because we’ll show you the notebook. the art here is always made by people.