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Here's how magazines start: "We were having a rare lavatory chat about how rare conversations are in the bathroom. From there, the idea rolled on to a literary publication dealing with bathrooms, distributed exclusively in them."
By John Valentine | 4 Oct 2006

The Ides of August mean one thing in North Carolina. Lethargy. Torpor in the Piedmont.
By John Valentine | 16 Aug 2006

Times are hard in the newspaper and magazine business. Recently, one McClatchy-owned paper sent out a memo to staffers saying that their papers were no longer free--newsroom jockeys need to pony up a quarter to get a take-home copy.
26 Apr 2006

Design, design, design. That's what it's all about.
By John Valentine | 1 Mar 2006

Stuff! Free stuff!
By John Valentine | 28 Dec 2005

Hoops and zines
By John Valentine | 26 Oct 2005

The full emotional tableau of autumn greets us on the newsstand, from the giddy creative dynamo of Bynum's Clyde Jones atop a colorful critter pile on the cover of The Rambler to Billy Solitario's ominous, people-less, billowy Gulf Coast clouds filling the cover of The Southern Review, just published from Louisiana State University. The eight-page interview with Jones (featuring publisher/ interviewer Dave Korzon's continuing narrative) is a romp.
By John Valentine | 28 Sep 2005

The latest in cool comics
By John Valentine | 27 Jul 2005

Magazines perfect for the beach
By John Valentine | 29 Jun 2005

The demise of a 'zine distributor
By John Valentine | 1 Jun 2005

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