tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1274151346880935920..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Do you have a magazine?Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-41994842215027990962012-04-30T22:34:22.344-05:002012-04-30T22:34:22.344-05:00The $$$ can add up fast. The best magazines are u...The $$$ can add up fast. The best magazines are usually boutique items, not cheap. And I have not even mentioned the cooking magazines. Separate topic entirely.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10144423857635050682012-04-30T20:48:36.449-05:002012-04-30T20:48:36.449-05:00I used to subscribe to several magazines, NYRB inc...I used to subscribe to several magazines, NYRB included, but had to eliminate them all when we became a one income family. You've got me thinking about subscribing again. I read a couple of on-line "magazines" but none of them come close to what I found in an average issue of NYRB. I even read the political articles along with the book reviews.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8327415872774851342012-04-24T15:27:29.192-05:002012-04-24T15:27:29.192-05:00The next time I the theme recurs, I will just ask ...The next time I the theme recurs, I will just ask - "Who have you been reading?" But with some polite softening.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-16443822992089618332012-04-24T09:46:18.058-05:002012-04-24T09:46:18.058-05:00Tom, I think you're right that people who clai...Tom, I think you're right that people who claim the pros are impersonal just aren't reading them, or are only reading terrible ones. I still see bloggers talk about how professional critics don't use the word "I" or write nothing but summaries, and I wonder where they get that idea. I've read some professional reviews that fit that description or that are just plain bland, but the reality is that the quality of professional reviews varies, just as it does among us amateurs. To dismiss a whole class of critics because some of them are poor seems misguided, to put it mildly.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13941729462524338762012-04-24T08:25:58.762-05:002012-04-24T08:25:58.762-05:00Two great points, Anthony, at least two: first, my...Two great points, Anthony, at least two: first, my goal, Epstein's goal, is to read <i>widely</i>; second, good insights, rare enough, can make me forgive less good writing. Why else do I read, or at least look at, so many book blogs?<br /><br />Mark Athitakis just put up a post about <a href="http://americanfiction.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/seven-things-i-think-i-think-about-book-reviews/" rel="nofollow">the state of book reviewing</a> which mentions my other reason: blogs "agitate for better coverage of topics that mainstream outlets ignore." So blogs are a way to read even more widely.<br /><br />Because the real advantage of <i>NYRB</i> writers is not that they are necessarily the world's best writers. It is that they <i>know more</i>, they have expertise.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aldaily.com/" rel="nofollow">aldaily.com</a> is another good aggregator / "keep up" site. I had never heard of the ones Tania (can I call you Tania? nice blog, by the way) mentions, but now I have, so thanks.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-34972710051760685702012-04-24T01:40:31.392-05:002012-04-24T01:40:31.392-05:00That's a really good point. I read lots of stu...That's a really good point. I read lots of stuff online and if something particularly strikes a chord or an interest, I like to write about it. <br />I am a poor student, but the internet is full of great articles in online "magazines" or "article aggregators" like longform.org, byliner.com and I'm an enthusiast of Instapaper, which organises my reading. but I also love getting my hands on magazines, of any type.<br /><br />Thank you for your post - it gave me something to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22594477888236831672012-04-24T01:15:12.780-05:002012-04-24T01:15:12.780-05:00I was at first goinf to ask whether I can add news...I was at first goinf to ask whether I can add newspaper magazines as this is the magazine I think of - but it seems, as you say, to have survived only here.<br />One of the best is from Die ZEIT. The FAZ and the NZZ are similar but the NZZ is more international. They have whole issues dedicated to translated literature and that woud make you weep even more.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25163546875116026042012-04-24T01:12:32.242-05:002012-04-24T01:12:32.242-05:00I agree with you, there are a great many online ma...I agree with you, there are a great many online magazines even with outstanding quality like Glanz und Elend.<br />http://www.glanzundelend.de/startseite.htm<br />Du is one of the most expensive magazines even when you buy it in Germany.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48686029809472839322012-04-24T00:09:33.084-05:002012-04-24T00:09:33.084-05:00Cabinet is a mishmash but the writing is routinely...Cabinet is a mishmash but the writing is routinely good. Issues are themed but may cover philosophy, aesthetics, social history, literature.<br /><br />My ambivalence about magazines is derived from the mixed quality of the writing. Books are more reliable but I read along narrow lines. Blogs, one or two exceptions notwithstanding, are rarely sources of good writing, but can still inspire good reading choices.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424190778506425886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32404773392664862732012-04-23T20:01:27.156-05:002012-04-23T20:01:27.156-05:00So, Richard, your guess is that people who say the...So, Richard, your guess is that people who say the great benefit of blogging is the frequent use of the word "love" and who call pros like Michael Dirda "academic" and impersonal have in fact been reading <i>nothing but blogs</i> and have no idea what they are talking about? That is also my guess. <br /><br />Part of the impetus of this post is the strange feeling, writing about the Bierce collection, of being up to date, of finding myself writing not behind but <i>along with</i> some good pro reviewers. I am not usually any help with "keeping up." Weirdly, if this week goes as planned, I will continue to "keep up." Strange, strange, strange.<br /><br />Without magazines, I would not be able to keep up at all. <br /><br />My music reading, by the way, used to center heavily on the <i>Village Voice</i> back when it was good - back when it was <i>awesome</i>. So many good writers there.<br /><br />Anthony is ambivalent about magazines - I am ambivalent about books, and blogs, and you name it. I want good writing, the best I can find, wherever I can get it.<br /><br />seraillon - that list is much too long to be useful. But maybe the names people are leaving here will be useful.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66985996440317367532012-04-23T18:42:18.066-05:002012-04-23T18:42:18.066-05:00I read a smattering of hard copy and digitized jou...I read a smattering of hard copy and digitized journal articles that never make it into my blog but hardly any magazines from cover to cover as you seem to be talking about and/or recommending. I'm sure I'm missing out on a ton, but I often feel I don't even have time to read enough of the books that I want to get to anyway. When I was more into music, though, I got most of my info and reading entertainment from fanzines rather than the pro magazines--I fear this DIY music bias might account for some of the reasons so much of my reading time is spent with book bloggers as opposed to lit mag writers although I do realize that there are more good lit mags than punk or garage or free jazz magazines. P.S. Don't you think that much of the knock on "academic" writing is made by bloggers who wouldn't be into writers like Jarry anyway? It seems more defensive than a matter of taste to me when I run into it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12487013533708032182012-04-23T16:34:32.303-05:002012-04-23T16:34:32.303-05:00I'd like to see a list of other magazines peop...I'd like to see a list of other magazines people think are worth reading (I'm lazy - I read lists more than I read magazines). My one indispensable magazine, which I can only get my hands on rarely, is the weekly <i>Courrier Internationale</i> from France, which is actually a compendium of articles from newspapers and magazines around the world. Invariably there's an interesting article about a writer as yet untranslated into French, plus a great opportunity to read journalists from around the globe.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24125057388817701522012-04-23T16:26:00.173-05:002012-04-23T16:26:00.173-05:00Du is a great favorite of mine -- if only foreign ...Du is a great favorite of mine -- if only foreign subscriptions didn't cost 154 Euros! But it's a stunning example of excellent magazine writing paired with photographs and a layout of the same quality. Thanks for mentioning it. <br /><br />There are also quite a few good magazines in German. sightandsight (perlentaucher.de) does a nice job of cherry-picking from them.Die geneigte Leserinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25357065331591546482012-04-23T16:13:23.925-05:002012-04-23T16:13:23.925-05:00I ought to read more magazines--I'm a magazine...I ought to read more magazines--I'm a magazine editor, for goodness' sake, and I do read magazines related to the odd little publishing niche in which I work. I've flirted with several different magazines over the years, but I've not settled on one to subscribe to for more than a year or two. I've hardly delved into literary magazines at all, but I would like to very much. <br /><br />Your post comes at a good time because I was thinking a couple of days ago that I might make a project of visiting Barnes and Noble each month and choosing a meaty-looking magazine with good writing, a different one each month until I find one I'd like to subscribe to. If bloggers wrote more about what they're reading in magazines, it would help me considerably!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26333056697225071522012-04-23T14:55:32.139-05:002012-04-23T14:55:32.139-05:00My impression is that in Germany a lot of what I a...My impression is that in Germany a lot of what I am describing as magazine writing has survived in newspapers. In the US the newspaper book section is close to dead. The Sunday NZZ, if I am remembering the right thing, is amazing as is the Sunday FAZ. I can't read them but I can see what is in them and weep.<br /><br />How you know that a particular magazine is the right one for you is another issue. I do not know the answer. Over the years I have spent time with a bunch of them. Luck, voice, who knows. <i>The New Republic</i>, the back of the book I mean, has had the same editor as long as I have been reading it, which must be art of the story. When Leon Wieseltier goes, I bet I will go, too.<br /><br />What is <i>Cabinet</i>? The <a href="http://cabinetmagazine.org/" rel="nofollow">website</a> is incomprehensible. <br /><br />Someone else in my home gets <i>NYRB</i>, not me, so I am never behind, just by definition. But even skipping all of the political and current affairs articles, which I always do, there is lots more good writing in it that I wish I could get to. <br /><br /><i>The Strad</i> is maybe a <a href="http://www.thestrad.com/" rel="nofollow">little specialized</a> for me. I agree that web reading is at this point no substitute. Maybe there are people who use <a href="http://quarterlyconversation.com/" rel="nofollow">The Quarterly Conversation</a> or <a href="http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/" rel="nofollow">Open Letters Monthly</a> like I use my magazines. Maybe the reader gadgets will take over. For me, the online magazines serve more as supplements.<br /><br />Anna, yes, hear hear, sound the alarum, dogs of war, etc. etc!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31129794070363994732012-04-23T14:15:38.928-05:002012-04-23T14:15:38.928-05:00I like this German magazine a lot. It's always...I like this German magazine a lot. It's always thematical and sometimes its focus is more literature, sometimes architecture, art...<br />http://www.du-magazin.com/de/magazin/<br />I haven't found a literature magazine I liked always but I like the magazine of NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung Books on Sunday.<br />http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/kultur/aktuell/buecher_am_sonntag_1.768644.html<br />I attached it just in case smeone does read German.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76910233797508023042012-04-23T14:04:26.230-05:002012-04-23T14:04:26.230-05:00I'm ambivalent about magazines, consistency is...I'm ambivalent about magazines, consistency is a problem and only the TLS gets my unwavering loyalty. I subscribe to LRB, who are impressive as hell at the moment. Each year I subscribe to a new magazine for a year and usually end up deciding not to renew. I've stuck with The White Review since launch and couldn't do without Cabinet. Brick and The New Yorker were last year's other experiments but I've let both subscriptions lapse (the latter I disliked intensely).ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424190778506425886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90607338134741930882012-04-23T13:34:54.919-05:002012-04-23T13:34:54.919-05:00Well said Tom! I really enjoyed this. I have a sub...Well said Tom! I really enjoyed this. I have a subscriptino to the New York Review of Books and Bookforum and enjoy both. If I had time and additional funds I'd love to have subscriptions to the TLS and LRB and Paris Review. As it is I am four issues behind on my NYRB reading. Yikes! I agree that bloggers could learn from magazine writers if they were so inclined. I mention reading the NYRBs now and then but I never talk about any of the articles. Don't know why since there are so many good ones.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11611087957531205622012-04-23T12:25:50.553-05:002012-04-23T12:25:50.553-05:00I am down to three that I read in print on a regul...I am down to three that I read in print on a regular basis: <i>Paris Review</i> (though it was way better under Plimpton), <i>The American Scholar</i> and <i>The Strad</i>. <i>The Economist</i> is still an occasional thing. I catch a few others online, but picking out a few articles on the web is nothing like reading a magazine from cover to cover. But there is not enough time, you know, ever. Which is my lame and shameful excuse to avoid reading nonfiction in depth these days.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8332493800654259252012-04-23T12:05:27.710-05:002012-04-23T12:05:27.710-05:00A fine call to arms. I may take you up on it.A fine call to arms. I may take you up on it.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961332983813359209noreply@blogger.com