The best place to look for the classic authors of tomorrow, Open City is crucial for readers who want to stay on the cutting edge of the literary world. With a youthful sense of style and humor unusual among most serious literary journals, the stories and poetry featured here are all at once delightful, entertaining, thought provoking, and moving. Open City was founded by the writers Robert Bingham, Thomas Beller, and Daniel Pinchbeck and is edited by Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas. Open City #21 features poetry by Nick Tosches, Chris Stroffolino, and Crystal Curry; stories by Rachel Blake, Susan Chamandy, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Leslie Dormen; artwork by Mark Solotroff, Marcellus Hall, and Stu Mead; and a special section: Writing from the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil).

Open City, #21: Winter 2005-2006

Literature & Fiction

Open City Magazine

United States

Grove Press, Open City Books

A literary magazine of fiction, poetry, and artwork, Open City has a youthful, adventurous spirit and an uncanny knack for finding vibrant and original voices. It’s a rare cultural phenomenon: a literary journal that entices readers and writers from each new generation, and makes people genuinely excited about literature and the thrill of discovering something fresh. Open City #22, a special double-sided fiction/nonfiction issue, features writing by Sam Lipsyte, Edmund White, Stanley Crouch, Priscilla Becker, Matthew Kirby, Ann Hillesland, and a stunning fiction debut by Suhay Rosario.

Open City #22: Fiction/Nonfiction

Jocko Weyland

Sam Lipsyte

Priscilla Becker

Herbert Gold

Jonathan Baumbach

Leni Zumas

Vestal McIntyre

Jerry Stahl

Vince Passaro

Open City Books

Open City continues to present new writing with a daring edge and a youthful glow, appealing to readers who want to know what’s next in contemporary literature. This special issue features fiction, essays, and artworkall by poets. Each piece of prose will be accompanied by a selection of the writer’s poems. Contributors include: Deborah Garrison, Nick Tosches, Honor Moore, Rodney Jack, David Lehman, Jim Harrison, Thurston Moore, David Berman, and Catherine Bowman, Alfred Star Hamilton, and Jerome Badanes.

Open City #23: Prose by Poets

Jim Harrison

Wayne Koestenbaum

NICK FLYNN

Rebecca Wolff

Glyn Maxwell

Jill Bialosky

Deborah Garrison

Contemporary

Intelligent and accessible . . . A hip, urban aesthetic.” Poets Writers A special issue of Open City featuring writing and artwork by an exciting array of alternative rock stars. A literary magazine of fiction, essays, and poetry, Open City has a youthful, adventurous spirit and an uncanny knack for finding vibrant and original voices. Each issue offers something entirely new by an unexpected mix of talents. Open City is the first literary magazine to foster the tradition of presenting writing and artwork by popular musicians. Contributors include indie greats Stephen Malkmus (Pavement), David Berman (Silver Jews), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Stuart David (Belle &amp; Sebastian), Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500 and Luna), and many others.

Open City #25: The Musicians' Issue

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

ROBERT STONE

Jonathan Ames

Rivka Galchen

Said Shirazi

Essays & Correspondence

Open City’s opening credo, announced in an ad in a 1991 issue of The Village Voice calling for submissions, was Primary sources, nervous voices.” Featuring fiction, poetry, and essays by an exciting array of debut writers and established talents. Open City’s editorial taste is eclectic, though a common thread is an attempt at exposing, elucidating, and getting as close as possible to the human predicament in all its facets, with intimacy, candor, irony, and wit. Contributions to Open City frequently appear in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Poetry, The Best Creative Nonfiction, The Best Nonrequired Reading, and The Pushcart Prize. Open City #26 contains stories by Rachel Sherman, Jonathan Ames, Bryan Charles, and Nick Flynn.

Open City #26

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