A new literary magazine launches in Miami

• It includes long-form, magazine-style articles and essays, plus fiction, poetry, a gossip-type column called "Chisme" and more.

Why it matters: The publication aims to capture the city's spirit, intelligence and sense of humor through a mix of highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow content.

• "Reading is supposed to be something that gives your life pleasure, that enlivens your day-to-day, your routines, eases your suffering," editor-in-chief Grazie Sophia Christie tells Axios.

Driving the news: Christie grew up in Miami, studied English at Harvard and lived in London. There, she was introduced to Ginevra Lily Davis, who had been studying at a Stanford University program in Paris but was moving to Miami.

• They noticed Miami was teeming with smart, creative people who were building brands and making art. They set out to found a magazine that could become a cultural institution and define the city as a literary capital.
• "Miami is sometimes like the Wild West, where you can start something that really should obviously exist and doesn't," Christie says.

Zoom out: "There's been a huge revival of print magazines in New York, particularly started by young women," Davis tells Axios, citing The Drift, The Drunken Canal, Forever Magazine and Heavy Traffic.

What they're saying: "We want, of course, erudite New York intellectuals who are here to think that our magazine is so smart," says Christie.

Yes, but: The editors also hope it will reflect the lives of, and be read by, a wide swath of locals: "the girl coming back from the farmers market, or the man who works 14-hour days and picks this up for his family, for them to read the astrology and laugh around the dinner table," Christie says.

Details: Find the print edition at Books & Books.

• The editors are seeking submissions from writers and artists for upcoming issues and are keen to publish diverse voices, including writers who have never been published before.
• Contributors are paid.