Open City #23: Prose by Poets - Softcover

"Open City showcases the literature of tomorrow today." "Open City exists as a perpetual love letter to literary tradition and a welcoming embrace to art and literature of the moment." "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 is one of those wonderful journals that testifies to the vitality and health of the reading and writing impulse."

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 artwork--all 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.