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Nerve is an American online magazine dedicated to sex, relationships and culture. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An online magazine is a Magazine that is delivered in an electronic form Founded by Rufus Griscom and Genevieve Field, it publishes articles, fiction and photography devoted to sex and relationships, and interviews and criticism regarding film, music, books and television. Rufus Griscom is the founder and current CEO of Nerve Media. He has been published in ''Publishers Weekly'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', and It also hosts blogs, forums, and a section for personal advertisements. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of Nerve's CEO is Rufus Griscom. Rufus Griscom is the founder and current CEO of Nerve Media. He has been published in ''Publishers Weekly'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', and Nerve's editor-in-chief is Michael Martin. Michael Martin may refer to Michael Martin (politician (born 1945 the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Michael Martin Regular and past contributors include Rick Moody, Mary Gaitskill, Lisa Carver, Steve Almond, Neil LaBute, and Neal Pollack. Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody III, October 18 1961) is an American Novelist and Short story writer best known for Mary Gaitskill (born November 11, 1954, in Lexington Kentucky is an American author of essays short stories and novels Lisa Crystal Carver' s (AKA Lisa Suckdog) (born 1968 writing in Rollerderby made her one of the most well known writers of the zine boom in the early Steve Almond is an American writer Almond was raised in Palo Alto California and graduated from Henry M Neil N LaBute (born March 19, 1961) is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Playwright. Neal Pollack (born March 1, 1970) is an American satirist, Novelist Short story writer and Journalist.

Nerve Media has produced several books, including The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe, Sex Etiquette, Full Frontal Fiction and The New Nude. The company's latest book, Sex Advice From. . . , was published in spring 2006.

Contents

History

The site was founded in 1997 by Rufus Griscom and Genevieve Field with the goal of creating a smart sex magazine that men and women could enjoy. Nerve publishes new original content daily, including articles, personal essays, photography, short fiction, celebrity interviews and film reviews, in addition to hosting blogs, videos and an online personals network. Nerve is often cited as one of the few Silicon Alley success stories. Silicon Alley is a nickname for an area with a concentration of Internet and New media companies in Manhattan, New York City.

Mission statement

Nerve is a fearless and intelligent magazine about sex, relationships and pop culture. With cliché-shattering personal essays, interviews, reporting and criticism, we explore the predominant concerns of young men and women with peerless honesty and wit. Our mission is to apply the highest editorial standards of the print magazine world with the best online innovation to deliver (1) an editorial voice that doesn't exist anywhere else, online or offline, and (2) an interactive online experience that harnesses the creativity of our exceptionally clever readership.

The original mission statement by Nerve's founders can be read here.

Website features

Nerve content is divided into five sections.

  1. The Features section includes: personal essays, fiction, dispatches (reported pieces) and “regulars” (recurring columns). Current “regulars” include: Sex Advice From…, Horoscopes, The Henry Miller Awards, I Did It For Science, Bad Sex, The First Time, Raw Nerve, The Naughty Crossword, Quickies and A Life’s Work.
  2. The A&E Lounge includes film, music, books and television coverage.
  3. The Photography section includes all photo galleries and photoblogs, plus the Amateur Photo Contest.
  4. The Blogs section includes the Blog-a-Log (Nerve Personals users blogging about their love lives), Scanner (daily pop culture coverage) and the Nerve photoblogs: The Daily Siege, Rose and Olive, Autumn, Brandonland and Chase.
  5. The Video Section, hosted on Nervevideo. com, includes 3 original series (Annie Mated, Young American Bodies and Neal Medlyn’s Land of Make Believe) plus video contests and viral video, as well as The Nerve Video Blog.

Notable contributors

Writers

Photographers

Filmmakers

Other media

Nerve has expanded into books, print, television, films, a video website and a personal advertisement network. Camille Anna Paglia (born 2 April 1947 in Endicott New York) is an American Author, Teacher, Feminist and Social critic Spalding Rockwell Gray ( June 5, 1941 &ndash ca January 10, 2004) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (born July 31, 1967 in New York City) is an American Writer, Attorney and Journalist Neil N LaBute (born March 19, 1961) is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Playwright. Naomi Wolf (born 12 November 1962 is an American author political consultant and public intellectual Jonathan Allen Lethem (born February 19 1964 is an American writer Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (ˈpɑːlənɪk born February 21 1962) is an American Transgressional fiction Novelist Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and the Roger S Nan Goldin (born 1953 is an American fine-art and documentary Photographer. Erica Jong (née Mann born March 26, 1942, in New York City, New York) is an American Author and Teacher. Daphne Miriam Merkin (born 30 May 1954 in New York City) is a Jewish American literary critic essayist and novelist William Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959 in Los Angeles California) is an American Novelist Journalist, Short Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born August 13, 1933) was the 15th Surgeon General of the United States and a former vice admiral in John Barrett McInerney Jr (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford Connecticut) (ˈmækənɝni is an American Writer. Jeremiah "Terminator" LeRoy was a Pen name of American Writer Laura Albert. Tao Lin (1983- is an American poet, Novelist, and Short-story writer Mary Gaitskill (born November 11, 1954, in Lexington Kentucky is an American author of essays short stories and novels Robert Olen Butler Jr (b January 20, 1945) is an American Fiction Writer. Sylvia Plachy (born 1943) is a Hungarian/American Photographer. Charles Simic (ˈtʃ​͡ɑːɻls ˈʂimitɕ​͡ born Dušan Simić, May 9, 1938 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian Yusef Komunyakaa (b 1947-04-29) is an American poet who currently teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977 is an American writer best known for his 2002 Novel Everything Is Illuminated. Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody III, October 18 1961) is an American Novelist and Short story writer best known for Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950) is an American photographer who has become most notorious through his photos of corpses as well as Mary Karr (1955 -) is an award-winning American Poet, Essayist and Memoirist. Amy M Homes ( Pen name A M Homes; born December 18 1961 is an American Writer. Michael Medved (born October 3 1948) is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, Film critic Amy Bloom (born 1953 is an American writer She has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American Poet, Novelist, and social activist. Alice Sebold (b September 6, 1963 in Madison Wisconsin) is an American Novelist. Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter ( October 31, 1920, Berlin, Germany &ndash January 23, 2004, West Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950) is an American photographer who has become most notorious through his photos of corpses as well as Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American independent Filmmaker.

Books

Television

An HBO special called Nerve. com: Downloading Sex premiered in 2001 and still airs periodically on HBO.

Print magazine

Nerve published a bimonthly print magazine from 2000 to 2001 (six issues total). The magazine attracted a large subscriber base but suffered from low newsstand sales.

Films

Variety reports that Nerve is involved in the production of several upcoming films. Nerve co-produced the 1999 film "The Lifestyle" and regularly hosts premieres.

Nerve Personals

Nerve Personals is widely recognized as the site that made online dating cool. Although they originated on Nerve, the personals are now part of a larger network of over 100 websites and print publications.

Audio CD

Nerve released a spoken word CD in 2000 called Sweet and Vicious. It featured Nerve content being read by authors and actors, including Parker Posey.

Other websites

In 2006, Nerve launched Nerve Video, an online video network that hosts original and found video.

Slogans

Awards

External links

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