Utne Reader's library is abuzz with a steady flow of 1,500 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front that are rarely found at big-box bookstores, newsstands, or even online. So we share the highlights (and occasional lowlights) of what's landing in our library each week in 'From the Stacks.' Check in every Friday for the latest edition.

For nearly 15 years, Musea has doggedly served as a dispatch from 'the ongoing revolution in the ARTS!' In the February issue of this short-but-sweet zine (replete with a cool handmade bookmark), editor Tom Hendricks cobbles together a divinely far-out roundup of his favorite books. I have a very sensitive radar for the 'weird-for-weird's sake,' and believe me, this isn't. Hendricks explains that he bought many of the books from library sales; I can't think of a better way to assemble such diverse choices as World's Best Clown Gags, Ben Bagdikian's The Media Monopoly, and Forever Lounge: A Laid-Back Price Guide to the Languid Sounds of Lounge Music. His enthusiasm about each title is contagious, too -- I'm this close to buying Elvis Presley's Graceland: The Official Guidebook, and I don't even like Elvis. -- Danielle Maestretti

It seems like an insult to call Esopus a magazine, though technically that's what it is. With large, thick, full-color pages -- many of which unfold into posters and vary in texture and size -- Esopus feels more like an exhibition catalogue that one might purchase in a museum gift shop. The pages are full of stunning photography, poetry, fiction, and paintings. Each issue also comes with a music CD stuck to the back cover. Considering all that Esopus offers, it's surprising that the magazine is a nonprofit publication, kept afloat by generous donors and a small subscription fee. Issue #7 features a 13-year-old's colored-pencil war drawing, a museum guard's take on art, and eight pages of translucent squares, perforated to be torn out for display, making the magazine part of the art itself. -- Mary O'Regan