Emily Larned has been printing and publishing as a socially engaged artistic practice since 1993, when as a teenager she made her first zine. She is co-founder of Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA, est. 2008), and founder of Alder & Frankia (est. 2016), which publishes new collaborations and reissues from feminist archives. Her award-winning publications are collected by over 80 institutions internationally and are exhibited around the world. She graduated from Yale School of Art with an MFA in Graphic Design and is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.