@tinyroofnail I’m so glad you reminded me that conventional wisdom does so much work in the world; needed to hear that! I often find myself looking back on my own writing and thinking: Really? That’s it? Feels pretty squishy, in the end. But maybe there’s much to be said for the ways that small pubs remind us all of some big sanities, period. FWIW Kanakia does have a reasonable exchange in the comments where someone says: A strong unified point of view PLUS great writing is actually really hard to achieve, and anyway comes with tradeoffs. Kanakia acknowledges this; I actually like her project of trying to anatomize the work of the small cultural mag. And no apologies for your lengthy comments! I’m always glad to hear what you have to say and hope you’ll blog. :)