The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose ...

She made me think that college essays are less like love than limerence: one-sided, obsessive, idiosyncratic but profound, the first draft of the most personal story their writers will ever tell.

Paper Magazine made its debut in June 1984. The first issue was a foldout poster with a look as minimalist as the publication’s name, matching the raw aesthetic that reigned over Lower Manhattan ...