As recommended by the readers of Electric Speed in March 2025

• As I am in Japan, and don’t enjoy reading on a screen, I subscribe to two, and relish their arrival: The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker, though I am going to let the latter subscription lapse; I will most likely replace it with The Atlantic. The problem with The New Yorker is that there is so much good writing within its pages, it takes time away from reading books. A side note: the joy of living here is not having a car and being forced onto trains to get anywhere (which run often and on time) giving one time to sit and read. To go to Tokyo, which I do on a regular basis, takes an hour, and I wish it took longer. —Bruce Smith
• The only magazine I receive via snail mail is Chickadee, by Owlkids (I know they have a younger version as well, this one is for ages 6-9). It brings learning to life with colours, mazes, puzzles etc. making learning fun (my son is in grade 1). —Joan Ellen Kavanagh
• I stopped subscribing to snail mail but if I went back it would be Architectural Digest. I’m not interested in celebrity homes but the architecture and interior design of things I’ll never be able to afford are just pleasing to my soul. —Antoinette Arsic
• For your question, I only receive two periodicals via snail mail anymore. Everything else is digital: ADDitude Magazine (ADHD and neurodivergence in general) and INDIE Magazine. I read these cover to cover. I subscribe to several digital magazines but often find I forget they’re on my Kindle. —Cristy Robinson
• The Sewanee Review and The Paris Review; each is eclectic, stimulating, and handsomely designed. New York and The New Yorker: smart, sleek, and curious about all things NYC and beyond. —John from Albany
• I subscribe to Paperback Parade, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. —Richard Krauss
• I receive The Magnolia Journal and Real Simple. Magnolia because I subscribed to it. Real Simple just shows up. —Jane Anderson
• The Economist, a no-nonsense weekly review of the world from politics, science to art and literature. —Philip Ekus
• My current print magazine is Consumer Reports. I'm at the age where this is very informative and provides cost saving suggestions, but I also find it inspiring for my writing!  Go figure how my brain works. Nothing like a refrigerator article to get the creative juices flowing! —Dale Perry
• Print magazines I receive in my old-school physical mailbox: Poets & Writers, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Writer's Digest, The Paris Review. —Renée Ozburn
• My magazines through snail mail are: Astronomy and Scientific American. —Steve Whelchel
• The Spectator. Politics and culture are much more palatable with a British accent. Plus, it's the world's oldest surviving magazine (dating back to 1828) and all of their prior issues are archived online—so fun! —Kendra Burrows
• Print magazines I receive via snail mail: Leader’s Edge (biz magazine I used to edit) and The Strand. The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal are all online now. Much cheaper than buying the print. Even gave up on my local newspaper because it is a former skeleton of its old, award-winning self. —Rick Pullen
• The Threepenny Review: ****An amazing selection of prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction. The kind of writing where I'm moved to contact the writer to tell them how much I enjoyed the piece (and get a lovely response back). The Walrus. ****A Canadian magazine I'd been reading online a long time and wanted to support. Really refreshing to get a different lens, and these days an act of resistance to our current administration's persistent dissing of our closest ally. The New York Review of Books: ****I don’t have time to read this cover to cover, but my sweetheart does and I read selectively. I feel I learn so much about a topic that I don't have to read the book : ) He's writing a book and he does order books for his research based on NYRB articles. Poets & Writers. ****To be honest, after years of reading P&W and other writing-related books and articles, there isn't a lot new here, but I use the online version for searching possible publishers and I like to support print media. I do use the month-to-month Submission Calendar: I read the descriptions, cross off any that don't apply to me and pick out some to focus on. I'm a writer who gets off track with submitting, and P&W does its best to get me back on track. I also pass on the issues to young writers. —Eudora Watson
• The Crisis Magazine (from the NAACP); Indian Country Today (Native American magazine); Writer's Digest; Audubon; Mother Jones; MAD; Poets & Writers; New Moon Girls (gifted); anything on horse care (I work with rescued horses). —Colleen Patrick
• I keep our mail carrier busy: Grit, Mother Earth News, Backwoods Home Magazine, Self-Reliance, Horticulture, The American Gardener, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian, and National Geographic History. —Kevin Reed
• I have a print subscription to UPPERCASE Magazine—beautifully produced, ad-free, features lots and lots of makers of all kinds of art. Janine Vangool is pretty much a one-woman operation based in Canada, works hard to be highly sustainable in every facet of her production, and is facing challenges of the unknown since many of her subscribers are in the U.S. It’s a great magazine to have in your hands, and feels great to support her business —Kate McEnroe
• The only print magazine I still subscribe to is UPPERCASE, a stunning ad-free art magazine single-handedly published by Canadian Janine Vangool. The design is fresh and bright and the content is both generous and beautifully curated and written. Even when my issues pile up because I’m too busy to read, I treasure each copy. 😊 She’s seriously a genius! —Ann-Margret Hovsepian
• Over the years, I have whittled my magazining down to just one—UPPERCASE. It's inspiring art and craft, and each of the quarterly issues explores a unified theme. It's exquisitely laid out, featuring all kinds of artists, each accompanied by a little bio. My favorite part is the ABC, a 2-page spread that introduces you to different concepts and people and techniques in a minimum of words in alphabetical order. Fun and quirky. And best of all-—THERE IS NO ADVERTISING. It is supported entirely by subscription. —Sonja Hakala