Downloaded and read your brief. Yes, wouldn't it be nice if we could subscribe and request the ad-free issue the way we can subscribe to certain websites, pay a fee and have no ads on the pages? However, having published a magazine myself, I know how much it costs to print on slick paper, especially in color. Nevertheless, I do wish ESSENCE would take a small profit hit to give more to readers. I was disappointed to discover that they got rid of the poetry editor and now will only publish poetry very occasionally. It was the one place, I think, we could read black poets in a mainstream publication. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. ~~Nordette
Film Stars! Dancing! Popcorn!
At last, a life story with everything but the movie stuff edited out.This amusing memoir chronicles film critic Betty Jo Tucker's love affair with film from the 1930s through the beginning of the new millennium