November 21, 2009
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Shelf Life: Inside Our Reader’s Digest

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January-February 2008
by Danielle Maestretti 
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I plucked Opium from a crowded newsstand last summer, irresistibly drawn to the yellow and green spine of its “Life Coach” issue. When the new one (Winter 2007) showed up, my first instinct was vindicated: This is an awesome lit mag! Opium is incisive throughout, an impressive feat for a magazine that has published just five issues. It’s almost comically user-friendly, with a lovely, clean design and an estimated reading time at the beginning of each story or poem. This issue includes finalists for the magazine’s 500-word-memoir contest (which, if you think about it, is an ideal length for most memoirs). $18/yr. (2 issues) from 166 Albion St., San Francisco, CA 94110; www.opiummagazine.com.

 

Asian pop culture and arts pioneer Giant Robot recently published its 50th issue, celebrating with a kaleidoscopic retrospective of its 49 previous covers—which, considering the many talented artists whose work has appeared on the cover over the years, will keep you busy for at least an hour—and an “oral examination” of Asian pop culture in the United States. It’s a conversational history of the phenomenon, driven by a group of artists and activists who move through the years from Godzilla and the Honda Super Cub (1950s) to Gwen Stefani and Kill Bill (2000s). Along the way, they touch on die-cast toys, anime, Star Trek, ramen, Chinese punk music, and myriad social and political trends. $24/yr. (6 issues) from Box 641639, Los Angeles, CA 90064; www.giantrobot.com.

 

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