The Sun (magazine)
Issue 348, December 2004
photograph by Kevin Bubriski |
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| Editor | Sy Safransky |
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| Categories | Literature, photography |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 1974 |
| Company | Sun Publishing Company |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Language | English |
| Website | thesunmagazine |
| ISSN | 0744-9666 |
The Sun is a monthly American magazine publishing essays, interviews, short stories, poems, and photography. The overall goal for the publication, as stated by editor and co-founder, Sy Safransky, is to create a feeling of connection between contributors and readers.
In 1974, Sy Safransky started the magazine with co-founder, Mike Mathers, who left after 18 months. The partners borrowed $50 and solicited writing by friends and family for the first issue. Safransky typed up the material, Mathers drew illustrations, and it was printed on a copy machine. The first issue was titled the Chapel Hill Sun and was sold for $0.25 each. The title was later changed to The Sun. Readership was about 1000 for roughly the first decade and has now increased to over 70,000. Safransky describes the magazine as one “that honors the mystery at the heart of existence.” In 1990, when readership reached roughly 10,000, Safransky dropped ads from the magazine and transformed it into a reader-supported publication. Safransky believes this "allowed for an uncommon atmosphere of intimacy in our pages."
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