Open City #17

Open City Magazine #17

by Daniel Pinchbeck, C.K. Williams, Chuck Kinder

Open City is a rare contemporary phenomenon: a literary journal that gets people talking about literature, with contributions from a dynamic mix of prominent writers, undiscovered aspirants, and lost treasures by writers from past eras. From Edvard Munch's journals to Terry Southern's screenplays to Rick Moody's poetry to Michael Cunningham's essays to Mary Gaitskill's short stories, Open City features an exciting range of talents, with, an edgy style and wit not to be found in any other literary journal.

Genres: Journal

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2003

About the author

Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, and Notes from the Edge Times. He is a co-founder of the web magazine Reality Sandwich and of the website Evolver.net, and edited the North Atlantic Books publishing imprint Evolver Editions. He was featured in the 2010 documentary 2012: Time for Change, directed by Joao Amorim and produced by Mangusta Films. He is the founder of the think tank Center for Planetary Culture, which produced the Regenerative Society Wiki.

Reviews

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up a copy of this at Grand Central when I was in New York and thought it had some really great writing in it. At the time i was working on a farm in Connecticut so I particularly liked itsinvestment in city-themed stories. I keep meaning to get a subscription to this journal because I can't find it here and I rarely thoroughly enjoy the bulk of what's published in the majority of journals I come across.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

My friend Greg's story "Physical Discipline" is in this issue of Open City. It's one of my favorite stories of his, plus this issue in general has some great reads. Read the story at GregAmes.com.