I've had an on-again, off again love affair with Esquire magazines since the 1960s, captured first by the magazine's famous cover of Sonny Liston in a Santa's hat, enthralled by the writings of Jay Bruce Friedman, John Sacks, Terry Southern, Michael Herr and on and on. I was still a fan when the cover of Muhammed Ali pierced by arrows came out, but lost interest soon after that. I came around again some time in the early 1980s and subscribed for a short time, but gave up again. I still buy it off the newsstands once in awhile and have considered re-uppng the subscription. But I may just download what the magazine picks as its seven best articles in its 75 years of existence and read those before shelling out the money for a subscription (Vanity Fair is the competitor for my subscription dollars as its stories right now seem top of the line to me). Take a look at those seven stories. They are all worth reading and learning from.
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