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Texas Monthly celebrates 50th anniversary
Texas Month-to-month celebrates fiftieth anniversary
Michael Levy based the journal in 1973. He says he is the product of the American Dream.
AUSTIN, Texas – The journal Texas Month-to-month is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. The February concern is its 600th.
Michael Levy based the journal in 1973. He says he is the product of the American Dream. His mom’s mother and father had been immigrants from Hungary. His father was an immigrant from Poland.
“They gave me some cash out of their financial savings, most of their financial savings to start out the journal,” Levy stated.
Levy went to highschool in Philadelphia and bought advert area for {a magazine} there earlier than coming again to Texas.
“I checked out Texas, and I stated, you recognize, it is this large expanse of geography, however it’s actually this cohesive group of curiosity,” he stated. “In 1973, after we began the journal, we had been hopeful we might make it to February 1974. We had been scared.”
They made it to not simply 1974, however to 2023 and past.
“We might’ve been bankrupt if we weren’t so small that the printer forgot to ship us a invoice for six points,” Levy stated.
Texas Month-to-month covers every thing from politics to barbeque to personalities.
“Our job was to tell, to entertain, and shock the reader, inform them about stuff they did not learn about,” Levy stated.
Michael Levy based the journal in 1973. He says he is the product of the American Dream. His mom’s mother and father had been immigrants from Hungary. His father was an immigrant from Poland.
Throughout the American Dream, there are additionally tales of the Texas Dream all through historical past.
“It was the frontier and [people] labored exhausting, they labored exhausting, they labored exhausting, and right here we’re,” he stated.
The state has modified over time, particularly with development, however at its core, it is nonetheless Texas.
“That is Texas. You are by no means going to expire of issues to write down about,” Levy stated. “Once we began the journal, the Texas Rangers had been a regulation enforcement company. Now you say Texas Rangers, people who find themselves comparatively new to the state assume it is a baseball group and never only a regulation enforcement company.”
He says a terrific employees, photojournalists, and editors make Texas Month-to-month stand the check of time.
“Irrespective of how a lot cash you will have, if you do not have that dedication to excellence, you are going to fail,” he stated.
Levy retired in 2008. The present editor is Dan Goodgame.