If magazine editors contribute in some way to the dissemination of art, it's not only in their decisions about which writing to publish, but in the routes they open up for writing. I hope we are creating a little route in this issue with the debut of a department titled "Writers on Dating."
We came by the idea easy. After all, whose dating advice should we crave more than a writer's?
Some of us will do anything to avoid criticism. At exaggerated levels, people will lie and steal and kill so as to avoid it. That’s how crazy the subject can be. Perhaps the rest of us just build moderate, safe lives in the hopes of escaping detection.
In tribute to Jimmy Pitts (1968–2010), we offer Marc Smirnoff's column from our Southern Art & Architecture Issue.
Jimmy Pitts (1968–2010).
A video tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star from our second DVD, Best of the South Issue, 2008.
Editor Marc Smirnoff remembers Barry Hannah.
Remembering Dale Hawkins.
John Jeremiah Sullivan remembers Vic Chesnutt.
