CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/4/2013

'Out of the Hipster Ghetto': Apology Magazine

Featured photograph, by Ryan McGinley, is reproduced from the debut issue of Apology magazine, highlighted this weekend in a New York Times profile on editor/publisher Jesse Pearson—formerly of index magazine and Vice. Reporter Joe Pompeo writes, "Apology's content, a mix of fiction, literary nonfiction, photography and cultural reporting, ranges from the comedic to the arcane. There is a 58-page question-and-answer with the Adult Swim satirists 'Tim and Eric'; a sit-down with John Ashbery conducted during a visit to the poet’s antique clapboard-and-stone house in Hudson, N.Y.; and a transcript of a wonky panel discussion about 'The Endangered Semicolon.' The cover photo by Roe Ethridge evokes the floral artwork from a 1983 L.P. by the band New Order," adding, "Mr. Pearson hopes the idiosyncratic, almost zine-like appeal will help distinguish Apology from the cultural exclusivity of journals like n+1 and The Paris Review, while piquing the interest of readers familiar with his previous editorial pursuits."