{"product_id":"9780985932626","title":"Apology Magazine : No. 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e is a new magazine of art, fiction, games, humor, essays, interviews, journalism and photography. Founded and edited by former \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine editor-in-chief Jesse Pearson, \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired in equal measure by the golden ages of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e; by 1980s punk zines like \u003ci\u003eSick Teen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRE\/Search\u003c\/i\u003e; by the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe People's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e; and by \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. In a general 'statement of intent,' Pearson writes:\u003cbr\u003e\"1) Each new issue of \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e will be just different enough from the one before it that it will be slightly unsettling if you were a big fan of the previous issue.\u003cbr\u003e2) There will be no regular features in \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e, although if a certain kind of piece works really well we might do something very similar in a subsequent issue.\u003cbr\u003e3) You will, however, be able to rely on each and every issue of \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e to contain, in varying degrees: fiction, poetry, photography, interviews, essays, humor and art.\u003cbr\u003e4) I'm trying to think of each issue of \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e as one component of a big, Baroque Apologetic tapestry. Think of it like a season of a good TV show with all the little threads and coincidences.\u003cbr\u003e5) I want \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e to be smart, beautiful and funny but I also want it to be really weird because there aren't any other \u003ci\u003egenuinely weird\u003c\/i\u003e magazines alive today. (I used those emphatic italics there to drive that point home extra hard.)\u003cbr\u003e6) And now, one last thing: I hereby preemptively call out the fact that pretentious stuff has been said in this statement, and thereby I have stripped anybody else of the power to call me or \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e pretentious—forthwith, in perpetuity, ad infinitum.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D.A.P.\/Distributed Art Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024098115824,"sku":"9780985932626","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780985932626_p0.jpg?v=1763890123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780985932626","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}