A magazine run by writers. Is that such a bad idea?
We’re an impecunious, impractical lot and that’s all to the good. The Journal grew out of a conversation between Susan Zakin and Salon magazine founder David Talbot. Newspapers and magazines were in decline, and too many great writers were without a home. We created a magazine that harks back to the heyday of Esquire, Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice, when journalism’s rigid parameters were bending toward literature, and reading was personal - and necessary.
We only tell you the important stuff so you don't have to be distracted by the shit that's flooding the zone. Our journalism is eminently readable, thoughtful, and at times, clever. We're proud to publish literary writing that possesses the urgency of our time.
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