Editor | Ralph Ginzburg |
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Categories |
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Frequency | Quarterly |
Founder |
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Founded | 1962 |
First issue | Spring 1962 |
Final issue | Winter 1962 |
Country | USA |
Based in | New York City |
Language | English |
Eros was an American quarterly political and literary magazine that published only four volumes in 1962. [1] [2] The New York Times described Eros as a “stunningly designed hardcover ‘magbook’,” covering “a wide swath of sexuality in history, politics, art and literature.” [2] The magazine was the first product of Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin who later created two other influential magazines, namely Fact and Avant Garde. [3]
The first issue of the magazine appeared in Spring 1962. [2] Ralph Ginzburg was the editor and Herb Lubalin was the art director of Eros [1] which came out quarterly. [4] The focus of the magazine was on love and sex during the dawning of the Sexual Revolution. [1] [2] It also covered articles on politics, arts and literature. [2]
The third (Autumn, 1962) of a total of 4 issues of the magazine published featured the photographs of Marilyn Monroe just before her death which caused an obscenity lawsuit against Ginzburg by then U.S. Attorney General, Robert Kennedy. [1] The magazine sold nearly 150,000 copies of this issue. [4] The reason for the lawsuit was the claim that the magazine had violated federal anti-obscenity laws. [2] Ginzburg was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison, but he remained in prison for eight months. [2] Following this incident the magazine was closed down. [3]
In 2017 Mindy Seu created a website which contains the digital copies of Eros. [2]
Editor | Ralph Ginzburg |
---|---|
Categories |
|
Frequency | Quarterly |
Founder |
|
Founded | 1962 |
First issue | Spring 1962 |
Final issue | Winter 1962 |
Country | USA |
Based in | New York City |
Language | English |
Eros was an American quarterly political and literary magazine that published only four volumes in 1962. [1] [2] The New York Times described Eros as a “stunningly designed hardcover ‘magbook’,” covering “a wide swath of sexuality in history, politics, art and literature.” [2] The magazine was the first product of Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin who later created two other influential magazines, namely Fact and Avant Garde. [3]
The first issue of the magazine appeared in Spring 1962. [2] Ralph Ginzburg was the editor and Herb Lubalin was the art director of Eros [1] which came out quarterly. [4] The focus of the magazine was on love and sex during the dawning of the Sexual Revolution. [1] [2] It also covered articles on politics, arts and literature. [2]
The third (Autumn, 1962) of a total of 4 issues of the magazine published featured the photographs of Marilyn Monroe just before her death which caused an obscenity lawsuit against Ginzburg by then U.S. Attorney General, Robert Kennedy. [1] The magazine sold nearly 150,000 copies of this issue. [4] The reason for the lawsuit was the claim that the magazine had violated federal anti-obscenity laws. [2] Ginzburg was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison, but he remained in prison for eight months. [2] Following this incident the magazine was closed down. [3]
In 2017 Mindy Seu created a website which contains the digital copies of Eros. [2]