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Meet Ink-ish, St. Paul's new dedicated magazine shop

Audrey Kennedy

Two-panel image: left shows a wood-paneled bookstore with shelves of magazines, a table of stacks, and a vase of flowers; right shows a close-up of the magazine "Delayed Gratification" with bold type and colorful cover art. — Ink-ish stocks titles like "Delayed Gratification," a London-based slow news magazine.

As interest in physical media continues to grow, the Twin Cities now has a shop exclusively dedicated to independent, hard-to-find magazines.

The big picture: Ink-ish, which opened over the weekend next to Stepwise Coffee in St. Paul, offers a new destination for readers seeking publications beyond mainstream newsstands.

What to expect: The small space stocks at least 75 titles selected by owner Bobby Maher from small publishers and creatives across the world.

Topics span architecture, food, culture, creative writing, long-form journalism and beyond, with most copies priced between $10 and $40.

Zoom in: Standouts include London-based "Delayed Gratification," which calls itself the "slow news magazine," art, culture and cannabis magazine "Different Leaf" and "Mortise & Tenon" — a twice-yearly publication devoted to hand tools and traditional woodworking.

Audrey's thought bubble: If you wish your beautiful coffee table book was easier to cart around, this shop is for you. Stop in to admire the page designs alone — they're becoming a lost art.

If you go: Ink-ish is open at 895 Randolph Ave. on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 3pm.

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