Editor Roshan Tuned Radar as Long Island Teen; Magazine Honcho Looks in From Outside

Forward, May, 2003 by Bronski, Michael

Bronski, Michael Forward 05-16-2003 Michael Bronski writes frequently on arts and culture and is a visiting scholar in Jewish studies and women's studies at Dartmouth College. `It's an intriguing position," mused Maer Roshan, "being a member of three distinct minority groups in the United States at this moment." Roshan, the 36-year-old publisher and editor of Radar -- one of the most eagerly anticipated new magazines to hit the newsstands in years -- is talking about being Jewish, Iranian and gay.

"Maybe the best thing about this," he continued, "is that it allows me to see things from the outside. That, I think, is one of my most important strengths as a journalist." Indeed, Roshan has made his name as a crack, even volatile, journalist. In 1993, after...