little magazine
noun
: a literary usually noncommercial magazine that features works especially of writers who are not well-known
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Upon first visiting Manhattan back in 1915, Moore had credited the editors of the little magazines and her experience at Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery, 291, with instilling in her the desire to move.
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Susan Gubar
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
That was the story of how a 38-year-old editor of a little magazine had managed to take over one of the world’s great political parties.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 9 July 2024
In 2004, Keith Gessen co-founded n+1, a nervy little magazine that was framed as a provocation against the dull, sanctimonious status quo of the literary scene.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
As editor and then publisher, Mr. Navasky presided over the Nation from 1978 to 2005, cultivating a roster of stylish, incisive writers while pinching pennies and soliciting donations to keep the little magazine afloat.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
Media coverage of the new new left has tended to view predominantly white cultural types — scabrous podcast hosts, brittle little magazines — as its vanguard.
—Frank Guan, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Nov. 2017
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Susan Gubar
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
That was the story of how a 38-year-old editor of a little magazine had managed to take over one of the world’s great political parties.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 9 July 2024
In 2004, Keith Gessen co-founded n+1, a nervy little magazine that was framed as a provocation against the dull, sanctimonious status quo of the literary scene.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
As editor and then publisher, Mr. Navasky presided over the Nation from 1978 to 2005, cultivating a roster of stylish, incisive writers while pinching pennies and soliciting donations to keep the little magazine afloat.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
Media coverage of the new new left has tended to view predominantly white cultural types — scabrous podcast hosts, brittle little magazines — as its vanguard.
—Frank Guan, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Nov. 2017
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“Little magazine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20magazine. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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