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In 1990, SPIN Magazine invited Spike Lee to guest edit its October issue: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Here's what he said in his editor's letter: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false
It featured an interview with Eddie Murphy: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA33#v=twopage&q&f=false
And Al Sharpton: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA38#v=twopage&q&f=false
This @SPBPHD essay with a spread that some magazine should steal right now: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA58#v=twopage&q&f=false
A @vurnt22 appreciation of Bad Brains: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA64#v=twopage&q&f=false
An essay by August Wilson: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA70#v=twopage&q&f=false
And an ombudsister interview with Spike's sister Joie: https://books.google.com/books?id=hV6_z7r2zQMC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22Spike%20Lee%22&pg=PA76#v=twopage&q&f=false
It's a great issue and worth checking out, not least to remember a time when magazines could be adventurous and mess with their formats.
