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The Absolute Poet Behind the ‘Once You Go Persian, There’s No Other Version’ Britney Spears Magazine Cover

The founder of ‘Tehran,’ a magazine for Iranian expats, explains how he chose such magical words to describe Persian men like Sam Asghari, who just became the prince to America’s pop princess

The Insane, Sex-Charged Covers from Yugoslavia’s Favorite 1980s Computer Magazine

The editors did everything they could to put the hard in computer hardware

Sex, Lies and Cheap Cologne: An Oral History of Abercrombie & Fitch’s Softcore Porn Mag

The story of how an oversexed, strangely intellectual magazine by a polo shirt brand completed the improbable task of changing the course of sexuality in America’s malls, homes and moose-print boxers

How Adrienne Miller Made It in the 1990s Heyday of the Postmodern Lit Bro

The former ‘Esquire’ literary editor and author of the new memoir ‘In the Land of Men’ didn’t just tangle with the snobbish masculinity of that era’s literary scene, but also with its infamous poster boy — David Foster Wallace

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