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The Best of Pif Magazine: Off-Line

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I am bored with many print magazines nowadays. The same things, the same things. Ho-hum. I've been following this zine for a while now, open it every month with relish. They've definitely picked a lot of their best, and Camille Renshaw's intro says a lot about WHY I don't like other magazines. Here is something worth a read, something that will make you want to get everything the magazine has put out since the beginning. There's even a rationale for professional wrestling, something that wants me to buy a tape of the event with the Undertaker/Mankind Hell in the Cell match, and I NEVER watch that stuff! You should definitely have this on your shelf--impress your friends with how in the know you are.

Finally! A magazine that will put a foot in each world - print and electronic.

Collection includes Rick Moody, Richard Weems, Ricki Garni, David Ryan, Aimee Bender, Ken Kalfus, Rachel Barenblat, Tami Haaland - both old and new writers are outstanding! Includes fiction, essays, poetry, and interviews. I first read about Pif in Yahoo!'s print magazine - its Web site got a great write-up - and I'm thrilled to have found them.

Although the first sentence of the intro reads, "I hate everything in print," it's clear Pif's out to make it in both worlds.

This is easily the greatest work in the world, the new wave of writing. So fresh, so new, so off the page. This is where the future lies, and I mean it.

"The Best of Pif Magazine Off-Line" offers a refreshing assortment of new stories and new voices. A standout among them is Mimi Carmen's "Love Birds". Ms. Carmen's tale of an aging mother and conflicted daughter resonates with idiosyncratic vision and gritty passion. The bird imagery is breathtaking. I also very much enjoyed "23 Johnson Avenue, 1985" by Diann Blakely. If writers were race horses, and I had money, I'd bet my wad on these two.

A wonderful collection - refreshingly different, but solid. My favorite is "Love Birds" by Mimi Carmen. I'd like to read more of her work.