James Hughes

James Hughes is a Chicago-based writer and editor who has contributed to SlateThe BelieverWax Poetics, and The Village Voice. For a decade, he was an editor and publisher of Stop Smiling magazine and its book imprint. 

Stanley Kubrick's Unmade Film About Jazz in the Third Reich

Stanley Kubrick's Unmade Film About Jazz in the Third Reich

Kubrick wanted to tell the tale of Dietrich Schulz-Koehn, a swing-loving Luftwaffe officer who wrote about the music scenes in Nazi-occupied cities using the pen name "Dr. Jazz." More »

For Early Antarctic Explorers, Hockey Was Cold Comfort

For Early Antarctic Explorers, Hockey Was Cold Comfort

NHL fans may have gotten desperate during the lockout, but not as desperate as Ernest Shackleton's men. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Picking up the Pieces After the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma

Subscribe Now

SAVE 65%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)