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{{Infobox magazine {{Infobox magazine
| title = The Sun | title = The Sun
| image_file = Sun348dec2004 0001.jpg | image_file = Sun348dec2004 0001.jpg
| image_size = 220px | image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Issue 348, December 2004<br>photograph by ] | image_caption = Issue 348, December 2004<br>photograph by ]
| editor = Sy Safransky | editor = Sy Safransky
| editor_title = Editor | editor_title = Editor
| previous_editor = | previous_editor =
| staff_writer = | staff_writer =
| frequency = monthly | frequency = Monthly
| circulation = | circulation =
| category = Literature, photography | category = Literature, photography
| company = Sun Publishing Company, Inc. | company = Sun Publishing Company
| publisher = | publisher =
| firstdate = | firstdate =1974
| country = U.S. | country = United States
| based = | based = ]
| language = English | language = English
| website = | website = {{URL|http://thesunmagazine.org}}
| issn = 07449666 | issn = 0744-9666
}} }}
'''''The Sun''''' is a magazine based in ]. The overall goal for the publication, as stated by editor and co-founder, ], is to create a feeling of connection between contributors and readers.<ref name=slated>{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Sebastian |title=Every Word Tell: Sy Safransky, The Sun, and the Stars Who Revolve Around It |url=http://www.statedmag.com/articles/interview-sy-safransky-the-sun-and-the-stars-who-revolve-aro.html |work=Stated Magazine}}</ref>


== History ==
'''''The Sun''''' is a monthly American ] of essays, interviews, short stories, poems, and photography.
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.<ref name=burning>{{cite web |title=Still Burning Bright: Sy Safransky Takes 'The Sun' Magazine into Its Fourth Decade |url=http://www.ramblermagazine.com/samples/safransky2.pdf |work=The Village Rambler |date=January–February 2005|pages=4–6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402182618/http://www.ramblermagazine.com/samples/safransky2.pdf|archive-date=April 2, 2013|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref> The first issue was titled the ''Chapel Hill Sun'' and was sold for $0.25 each.<ref>MacIver, Roderick, , North Atlantic Books, 2009. Cf. .</ref> The title was later changed to ''The Sun''. Readership was about 1000 for roughly the first decade<ref name=burning/> and has now increased to more than 70,000.<ref name=slated/>


Safransky describes the magazine as one "that honors the mystery at the heart of existence."<ref name=burning/> In 1990,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sy Safransky: Life in The Sun |url=http://infiniteexplorers.com/explorers/sy-safransky}}</ref> when readership reached roughly 10,000, Safransky dropped ads from the magazine and transformed it into a reader-supported publication.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |last1=Blevins |first1=B |title=Publisher Profile: Sy Safransky |date=19 August 2011 |url=http://beblevins.blogspot.com/2011/08/publisher-profile-sy-safransky.html |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> Safransky believes this has "allowed for an uncommon atmosphere of intimacy in our pages."<ref name=profile/>
In 1974, Sy Safransky began publishing the ''Chapel Hill Sun'' and selling copies for $0.25 each.<ref>{{dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref>


==Format==
In an interview with Michael Miner of the ''Chicago Reader'', Sy Safransky explained that he intends to make all past issues available, but that the logistics had not yet been resolved.<ref name="chicagoreader1">{{cite web|last=Pekin |first=Paul |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/090409/ |title=Look Into the Sun |publisher=Chicago Reader |date= |accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref>
''The Sun''{{'}}s format features a lengthy interview with a “deep thinker” at the front of each issue, followed by fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. In the “Readers Write” section, readers are invited to contribute reflections on a different theme for each issue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sun Keeps Rising|date=22 April 2015 |url=https://ajwnews.com/the-sun-keeps-rising/}}</ref>


== Anthologies ==
When asked about the trend of print media to go entirely electronic, Safransky says, "I’d no sooner abandon print than throw someone I love overboard in a storm-tossed sea."<ref name="chicagoreader1"/>
* ''A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky: The Best of the Sun, Volume I'' by Sy Safransky (1985)
* ''A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky: The Best of the Sun, Volume II'' by Sy Safransky (1985)
* ''Four in the Morning: Essays'' by Sy Safransky (1993)
* ''Stubborn Light: The Best of the Sun, Volume III'' by Sy Safransky (2000)
* ''The Mysterious Life of the Heart: Writing from The Sun about Passion, Longing, and Love'' by Sy Safransky, Tim McKee, and Andrew Snee (2009)
* ''Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun'' by Sy Safransky, Tim McKee and Andrew Snee (2011)
* ''Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations Revised Edition'' by Sy Safransky (2012)


== References == == References ==
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==External links== ==External links==
* * {{Official website|http://www.thesunmagazine.org}}


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Not to be confused with The Sun (United Kingdom). American monthly magazine
The Sun
Issue 348, December 2004
photograph by Kevin Bubriski
EditorSy Safransky
CategoriesLiterature, photography
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1974
CompanySun Publishing Company
CountryUnited States
Based inChapel Hill, North Carolina
LanguageEnglish
Websitethesunmagazine.org
ISSN0744-9666

The Sun is a magazine based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 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.

History

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 more than 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 has "allowed for an uncommon atmosphere of intimacy in our pages."

Format

The Sun's format features a lengthy interview with a “deep thinker” at the front of each issue, followed by fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. In the “Readers Write” section, readers are invited to contribute reflections on a different theme for each issue.

Anthologies

  • A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky: The Best of the Sun, Volume I by Sy Safransky (1985)
  • A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky: The Best of the Sun, Volume II by Sy Safransky (1985)
  • Four in the Morning: Essays by Sy Safransky (1993)
  • Stubborn Light: The Best of the Sun, Volume III by Sy Safransky (2000)
  • The Mysterious Life of the Heart: Writing from The Sun about Passion, Longing, and Love by Sy Safransky, Tim McKee, and Andrew Snee (2009)
  • Paper Lanterns: More Quotations from the Back Pages of The Sun by Sy Safransky, Tim McKee and Andrew Snee (2011)
  • Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations Revised Edition by Sy Safransky (2012)

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Sebastian. "Every Word Tell: Sy Safransky, The Sun, and the Stars Who Revolve Around It". Stated Magazine.
  2. ^ "Still Burning Bright: Sy Safransky Takes 'The Sun' Magazine into Its Fourth Decade" (PDF). The Village Rambler. January–February 2005. pp. 4–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2013. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. MacIver, Roderick, Art as a Way of Life, North Atlantic Books, 2009. Cf. pp.38-39.
  4. "Sy Safransky: Life in The Sun".
  5. ^ Blevins, B (19 August 2011). "Publisher Profile: Sy Safransky". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. "The Sun Keeps Rising". 22 April 2015.

External links

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