What We Lose When We Lose Literary Magazines

an ode to lit mags and some suggestions for fixing them

This week CNN.com, of all places, had an article on a depressing trend: the death of literary magazines. It’s not only independent lit mags that are disappearing, but so are university-funded magazines. On the one hand, it makes sense that lit mags—which virtually never make money—are on the chopping block. But it’s also a bit strange or at least sad th…