Open City #18: Winter 2003-2004 [Paperback]

Open City Magazine (Author), Nick Tosches (Author), Eileen Myles (Author), Viggo Mortensen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Open City | Publication Date: December 19, 2003

Open City features fiction, poetry, and artwork from a dynamic range of voices -- from established writers such as Michael Cunningham, Irvine Welsh, and Mary Gaitskill, to emerging talents like Sam Lipsyte, Meghan Daum, and David Berman, to classic voices from the past including Delmore Schwartz, Allen Ginsberg, and Richard Yates. Open City features writing and art preoccupied with the forces effecting the character -- physical, intellectual, and emotional -- of New York City and the city in general, providing readers with an urban portrait of a literary generation in the making. With its unique blend of great storytelling with avant-garde styles, Open City "takes the old literary magazine format and revitalizes it for a new generation's tastes."(Library Journal) Open City 18 includes stories by Bruce Jay Friedman, Rick DeMarinis, and Martha McPhee; art by Al Ruppersberg and Nina Katchadourian; and a special poetry section edited by Honor Moore. "A range of style and voices, both raw and cooked-ranging from highly slick and intellectual to twisted and experimental." -- The New York Times Book Review

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A range of style and voices, both raw and cooked--ranging from highly slick and intellectual to twisted and intellectual." -- The New York Times

"An athletic balance of hipster glamour and highbrow esoterica." -- Village Voice

"Open City showcases the literature of tomorrow today." -- Los Angeles Times

"Takes the old literary magazine format and revitalizes it for a new generation's tastes." -- Library Journal

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press, Open City Books (December 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890447323
• ISBN-13: 978-1890447328
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,210,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars the "New" paris review, June 8, 2004

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This review is from: Open City #18: Winter 2003-2004 (Paperback)

funky and astute might be appropriate adjectives to describe Open City mag., which is more than a literary portrait "of New York City and the city in general." with writing not merely urban(e) or cynical (consider the dense, nature-themed poetry of Rodney Jack and the quirky yet illuminating work of Catherine Bowman in #18), here is the intelligentsia--artful and heartfelt, in a format as original as the visions it collects.