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Paper’s Cultural Fabulousness
[Editor's Note: Please welcome our newest Magazineer, Kevin Smokler, the author of Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times and a contributor to the first issue of Fray Quarterly.]
Recently I read a New Yorker profile of Kim Hastreiter, the founder and editor of Paper and decided, after just three paragraphs, that she’s led the world’s most [...]
Stop Smiling’s 2nd Annual 20 Interviews Issue
[Editor's Note: Please welcome our newest Magazineer, Aaron Matthews, a Mass Communications student at Carleton University in Ottawa who writes for music blogs, does interviews for Maximum Fun, and has been rejected repeatedly by McSweeney’s.]
Stop Smiling, “the magazine for high-minded lowlifes,” just published its second annual interview issue. The lineup is stellar. Some of the [...]
Southwest’s Eclectic Spirit
“Grandma’s okay,” dad said on the phone. “But you might want to pay her a visit.” So that night I bought a ticket and the next day I was on Southwest flight 1167 to Phoenix. I packed in a rush, forgetting to grab one of the many magazines on our overflowing coffee table.
I glared [...]
Magazineer Asks: What Magazines Are You Reading?
We’re always looking for magazines to review. So what are you reading now? Please post your recent reads here. Include the name, a URL if they have one, and your own 1-sentence review. The floor is open!
How to Read The New Yorker in 10 Easy Steps
[Editor's Note: Magazines are often talked about in global terms: audiences, communities, demographics. But as individuals, we have personal connections with magazines that are just as quirky as any other relationship. In her first contribution to The Magazineer, Heather Powazek Champ shares her schema for enjoying one of her "favourites." Heather is the community manager [...]
How to Read Wired Revisited
In October 1995, Suck.com published a story by editor Joey Anuff (aka The Duke of URL) on How To Read Wired. In short, his advice was to take a hearty dollop of irony and then rip out all the back-to-back ads.
Twelve years ago, according to Suck, Wired 3.09 contained 206 pages, of which 90 [...]
Monocle’s Disappointing Myopia
[ED NOTE: This post is by our first Guest Magazineer, Adam Greenfield, author of Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing. You can find him in New York City and on his blog, Speedbird. Welcome, Adam!]
As a charter subscriber and a longtime admirer of Tyler Brûlé’s audacity, I’ve been pulling for Monocle Magazine. But with [...]
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