The Duplex Planet

The Duplex Planet
Cover of issue #126 of The Duplex Planet, published in 1993.
Managing EditorBarbara Price
Categorieszine
Frequencymonthly
Formatdigest
FounderDavid Greenberger
Founded1979
First issue1979; 45 years ago (1979)
CountryUnited States
Based inSaratoga Springs, New York
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteDuplexPlanet.com
ISSN0882-2549

The Duplex Planet is a zine edited and published by David Greenberger since 1979. It contains transcriptions of his interviews with elderly residents of senior centers and "meal sites" in the Massachusetts area. For many years, the zine focused on the residents of the Duplex Nursing Home, located in Boston.

The Duplex Planet has subsequently found larger audiences in other forms — which are all derived from the original template — including book collections, spoken-word recordings, and a series of concerts. A series of personal commentaries drawn from Greenberger's experiences with this body of work has aired regularly on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered".

Some of the Duplex Nursing Home residents, all identified by name, became recurring characters in the zine and its various offshoots and adaptations.