The SUN Magazine

Pros: Good photography, provocative writing,
Cons: poetry not very interesting, too avant garde

Anyone who knows me might expect that I would immediately dismiss a publication such as The Sun as a liberal rag. If I didn’t know better myself and had just read a casual review or heard someone discussing some of the articles presented therein, that...

Pros: If given more than a passing glance, this magazine will force you to think!
Cons: HUH!?!

ATTENTION READERS!!! (actual review follows this important information) Let me start out by saying that--in spite of the current picture illustrating this review section--this publication is not--I repeat NOT--the same as the ...

Pros: Moving, thought provoking, literate
Cons: Can dwell on dark themes and contain shocking content

Every slim, noncommercial issue of The Sun arrives quietly cloaked in an understated mostly black and white cover, ready to inspire and often move the reader in ways no other publication can.

The Sun addresses, through essays, poems,...

Pros: beautiful swirl of interviews, prose, poetry and photography
Cons: very literary (articles are long, but beautiful), very leftist (sometimes even too much for me)

Trying to describe The Sun using conventional terms and definitions really won't work, because it defies what one would normally expect from a magazine. When I go looking for a magazine, I expect to find a lot of articles that are informative...

Pros: such a small magazine that holds literary genius every month!!
Cons: none

I was sitting here thinking just how I came was introduced to “The Sun.” Oh, I remember. It came in the mail: this subscription. At that time, I was honing in on my writing and taking online classes, subscribing to different magazines, and reading...

Pros: Provocative, enlightening, earthy, sublime, real, human. I love it!
Cons: Content sometimes gets too dark, too much negative reflection.

There is often a fine line between fiction and non-fiction. The magazine tells stories from the deepest human perspective. Sometimes an article will make me feel uncomfortable because it gets too close to home, but that's what makes it real. I can...

Pros: Extremely thought provoking Beautiful writing
Cons: Hard to find

The Sun is one of the most thought-provoking and deepest magazines around. It isn't about a particular subject, but mostly centers around personal experiences and views of the world. It has good poetry and short stories.

My favorite section is...