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1magazines are back at east bay booksellers, and they’re better than ever, if we do say so ourselves.we’ve mostly bypassed the titles you can find at the big boxes, and instead focused on imports and harder to find periodicals that we missed seeing on local shelves – art, fashion, writing and culture. for now you can’t get the papers or the weeklies, but you might discover a new favorite. that’s why you love us, right?so flip through this catalog for a sampling of what we’ve got, and don’t forget to come by and browse!<3

2Alta Journal(even though they snubbed us in this issue)California and the West. From arts and culture, to technology and the environment, to food and fashion—what happens here happens everywhere. Alta Journal is a quarterly publication for anyone seeking an insider’s take on this most forward-thinking regionThe BafflerThe Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems and art. We publish six print issues annually, as well as online every day of the cursed workweek.Brick is an international literary journal published twice a year out of Toronto. With a focus on literary non-fiction—and a willingness to stray when our hearts are taken—the magazine prizes the personal voice and celebrates life, art, and the written word with the most invigorating and challenging essays, interviews, translations, memoirs, belles lettres, and unusual musings we can get our hands on.Brick: A Literary Journalthe literary, the political, and the difficult to categorizeProteanProtean is a non-profit leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine and puts out online content year-round. Each print edition contains approximately 100 full-color, ad-free pages that address the most pressing issues of our time.. Protean’s mission is to promote high-quality criticism, literature, and art for the political left.

3Stranger’s GuideRather than parachute in foreign writers, our quarterly guides feature original works from local voices. These stories portray unique facets of each place, from the complex and controversial to the intimate and beautiful, together building a contemporary awareness of the location and its culture. Our volumes have featured a number of world-renowned writers, including Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. Alongside celebrated writers, you’ll also find new and up-and-coming voices from locations around the world.SireneSirene is an international award-winning publication, tailored for those people who feel close to the sea even when they are far away from it.Large recycled paper pages, large white spaces, and page-turner stories that will put you on the same wave-length with a surging community looking at the oceans as the intersection of the planet’s destinies.Our paper is made from algae, to make use of excess algal blooms from lagoons at risk. For every half kilo of fresh algae, a kilo of wood is saved. The entire productive process has been scrupulously thought out to attain minimal environmental impact.Published independently since 2009, UPPERCASE has an enthusiastic and loyal readership of designers, illustrators, craftspeople, creative entrepreneurs and paper lovers around the world. Ad-free, with high-quality production values and a unique design aesthetic, the content of each quarterly issue is eclectic and inspiring. This one-woman operation also publishes a series of high quality books on arts and crafts, The Uppercase Encyclopedia of Inspiration.Uppercasethe literary, the political, and the difficult to categorize

4Bookforum is an American book review magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. Based in New York City, New York, it comes out in February, April, June, September, and December.BookforumIt has always been a radical act to share stories during dark times. They are regenerative spaces of creation and renewal. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the earth, we look to emerging stories. In them we find the timeless connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality. Emergence publishes an annual print edition featuring a collection of essays, interviews, poems, adapted multimedia stories, and photo essays.Emergence Magazinen+1established in 2004, n+1 is a New York–based American literary magazine that publishes social criticism, political commentary, essays, art, poetry, book reviews, and short fiction. It is published three times each yearThe New York Review of BooksThe NYRB publishes about twice a month with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs. Published in New York City, it is inspired by the idea that the discussion of important books is an indispensable literary activity.

5CitizenJust as the London School of Architecture is in crucial ways a new kind of architectural school, so it has a new kind of journal, Citizen.Read Editor-in-Chief, Peter Buchanan’s full essay on Citizen’sintention, in full, here.Doesn’t ExistA magazine for lovers of fashion cinema and art –Issue three is dedicated entirely to the world of the Italian filmmaker Michelangelo AntonioniFor more than a decade, Elephant’sinnovative and imaginative print issues have connected our readers with the biggest names and most exciting emerging talents from the world of visual culture. Each issue contains a diverse selection of interviews, profiles and must-read Elephant series, such as This Artwork Changed My Life, Paper Gallery and Snapshot.Elephantarts, fashion, design, homes and the likeThe Leopard looks like a magazine, but feels more like a collaborative art project than a fashion glossy. A scrapbook of archival material, contemporary photography and unique insights. Each limited edition (1,500 copy!), ad-free issue examines the queer discussion across generations through fierce photography and text.The Leopard

6CABANA“A must-have source for patterns, collage material, and of course beautiful interiors. A substantial and satisfying mag, well worth the price” –ElizabethCabana publishers two issues per year with 6 different collectible covers each issue. The current covers are all woven fabrics! A multi-sensory experience of a magazine.Fantastic ManFantastic Man is a groundbreaking semi-annual that features the best of men’s fashion and interviews with celebrities and public intellectuals of all stripes. Recent cover stories have included interviews with Ocean Vuong and Riz Ahmed, and themes like reuse, celebrating old clothes worn in new ways.Purple started in the “anti-fashion” 1990s in France and has spawned many offshoots. The current issues are released as oversized hardcovers, and are truly something to behold.Purple Fashionarts, fashion, design, homes and the likeThe Gentlewoman celebrates modern women of style and purpose. Its fabulous biannual magazine offers a fresh and intelligent perspective on fashion that’s focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress. Featuring ambitious journalism and photography of the highest quality, it showcases inspirational women through its distinctive combination of glamour, personality and warmth.The Gentlewoman

7i-D i-D has built its reputation on being a consistent source of inspiration in fashion culture. It began as a fanzine dedicated to the street style of punk-era London in 1980, and quickly earned its position at the vanguard of fashion and style, abiding by the premise of originate – don't imitate.DazedHard to find a magazine with higher quality paper, ink and editorial talent –from the man who brought us RayGun and Nylon.- ElizabethCreated with a fanzine spirit and high production values, it focuses on music, fashion and culture from around the world.Marvinarts, fashion, design, homes and the likeFor 40 years The World of Interiors has documented the rich diversity of ways in which we live, showcasing the stylish and the unexpected as well as applauding individuality. Like the clothes we choose to wear, our environments are expressions of who we are - our rooms and even our gardens are biographies. The World of InteriorsIn 1991, Jefferson Hack and Rankin launched Dazed & Confused as an alternative style and culture magazine. The title became a lightning rod for cultural provocation and the magazine became a movement, growing into the agenda-setting publishing powerhouse Dazed Media. Today, Dazed magazine continues to champion radical fashion and youth culture, defining the times with a vanguard of next generation writers, stylists and image makers.