Open City Magazine

The year 2011 marks Open City’s twentieth anniversary as a magazine of new fiction, poetry, and essays. With an uncanny knack for discovering vibrant and original voices, Open City strives to publish work that would not appear in more mainstream publications—pieces from emerging and established writers that blend highly unusual styles with classic storytelling, as well as writing from unexpected sources such as visual artists, filmmakers, and rock musicians. Open City is a rare cultural phenomenon: a longstanding literary journal that continues to entice, surprise, and engage. This exciting new issue includes stories by Ann Packer, Louis B. Jones, Karan Mahajan, Ed Park, Sigrid Nunez, and Henry Alcalay, as well as several exciting fiction and poetry debuts.