// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did "Stop Smiling" go to therapy? It was struggling to face its emotions.
Stop Smiling was an arts and culture magazine founded by J. C. Gabel in the Chicago suburb of Darien, Illinois.[1] He started the magazine at age 19 in 1995.[2] The magazine was published on a bimonthly basis.[3] The headquarters was in both Chicago and New York.[3] Each issue followed a theme and consisted of feature-length interviews, essays and oral histories. With a focus on preservation, Stop Smiling published some of the last in-depth conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Altman, Lee Hazlewood, and George Plimpton. The company ended the magazine in 2009 and became an independently owned imprint of Melville House Publishing.[4]
Stop Smiling runs a storefront event space in Wicker Park, Chicago. Readings and Q&As are regularly broadcast on Chicago Public Radio.
References
[edit]- ↑ Kurt Vonnegut (December 27, 2011). Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations. Melville House. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-61219-091-4. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ↑ David Lepeska (May 19, 2012). "Jazz Age magazine The Chicagoan returns as media experiment". The National. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- 1 2 "The magazine for high-minded lowlifes: Stop Smiling Magazine". Colour Lovers. February 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Stop Smiling Books". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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