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Open City

Open City Magazine & Books

About Me

A New York City-based independent literary magazine and book publisher founded in 1990, Open City publishes fiction, essays, poetry, and art. The editors are Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas ."Open City is, simply and supremely, the best American magazine there is. It is, like toilet tissue and the Bible, a paper product that belongs in every home."
— Nick Tosches"Open City reminds me of what I crave from magazines: surprise, humor, nerve, a sense of collective imagination that takes in the totality of the enterprise and is reflected in each contribution so that the thing is more than the sum of its parts."— Luc Sante"Open City is as essential as oxygen to the cultural and literary lifeblood of the new century."— Catherine Bowman"Open City showcases the literature of tomorrow today."— Los Angeles Times"A range of style and voices, both raw and cooked—ranging from highly slick and intellectual to twisted and intellectual."— New York Times

My Interests

Fiction, poetry, essays, and artwork

I'd like to meet:

Readers, writers, publishers, bookstores

Music:

Musicians whose writing has appeared (or will appear soon) in Open City: Chan Marshall (Cat Power) , David Berman (Silver Jews) , Stephen Malkmus , Will Oldham , Dean Wareham , Thurston Moore

Books:

NOVEMBER 2007: WHY THE DEVIL CHOSE NEW ENGLAND FOR HIS WORK: STORIES by JASON BROWNJULY 2007: LOVE WITHOUT: STORIES by JERRY STAHLJUNE 2007: LONG LIVE A HUNGER TO FEED EACH OTHER: POEMS BY JEROME BADANESBooks: Venus Drive by Sam Lipsyte, Actual Air by David Berman, Some Hope and Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn, My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum, The First Hurt by Rachel Sherman, World on Fire by Michael BrownsteinMagazine contributors: Sam Lipsyte , David Berman , Jim Harrison, Rick Moody , Mary Gaitskill, Richard Yates, Paul Bowles, Lara Vapnyar, Nick Tosches , Vestal McIntyre , Marcelle Clements, Deborah Garrison, Martha McPhee, Maxine Swann, Scott Smith , Ryan Kenealy, Hunter Kennedy , Honor Moore, C.K. Williams, Catherine Bowman, Matthew Zapruder , Joseph Clark, Leni Zumas, Jonathan Ames , Jocko Weyland , Phillip Lopate, Alex Phillips, Thomas Beller , Robert Bingham, Robert Olen Butler, Viggo Mortensen , Jonathan Baumbach , Craig Chester , Eileen Myles , Anselm Berrigan, Rodney Jack, Bryan Charles and many, many more.

Heroes:

Antaeus, Partisan Review, Ploughshares, Southwest Review, Black Sparrow, City Lights