Open City Magazine & Books

FLIGHT PATTERNS:
A Century of Stories about Flying
Edited by Dorothy Spears

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Essays, fiction, memoir, and poetry by:

Orville Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
Beryl Markham
Amelia Earhart
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Roald Dahl
James Salter
James Tate
Joseph Heller
Alice Munro
Tom Wolfe
Erica Jong
Jerry Stahl
Tobias Wolff
Barry Hannah
James Dickey
Grace Paley
Joan Didion
Walter Kirn
Thomas Beller
Jonathan Tel
Sheila M. Schwartz
Bill Broun
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Rachel Cantor
Manuel Gonzales
David Sedaris
Mary Lee Settle
John Bowe
Gary Horn
Linda Yablonsky
Brad Kessler
Bernard Chabbert
Meghan Daum

Cover art by Gretchen Hupfel

THE NEW ISSUE:

OPEN CITY 29
Summer 2010

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Featuring:

Walter Kirn
Kate Christensen
Abigail Thomas
Robert Walser
Terese Svoboda
Louis B. Jones
Samantha Gillison
Michael Carroll
Leopoldine Core
Bryan Charles
Sam Green
Antonya Nelson
Ki. Rajanarayanan
Jason Brown
William Gillespie
Gordon Henderson

Living Room: A Novel by Rachel Sherman
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"Sherman is a writer attuned to grotesqueries of daily life. Her fictions play out as if under a magnifying glass, with each character's flaws—both physical and psychological—expanded a thousandfold, in a manner that recalls Mary Gaitskill and A.M. Homes."
—Los Angeles Times

"From the same stock as writers like Lorrie Moore and Amy Hempel, Sherman’s characters thrive under her incredibly particular, telescopic descriptions of the fucked-up human condition. Strange little moments sparkle with humor . . . and others are so humane, they break your heart."
—The Faster Times

"A riveting debut novel... Unsentimental yet deeply felt, this tale examines what bubbles under the surface of a supposedly happy Long Island family."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Here we have the fractured lives of three generations of women told with zero sentimentality and a huge amount of heart. Living Room is edgy, smart, funny, and altogether human. Rachel Sherman is the real deal."
—Dani Shapiro, author of
Black and White

2010 RRofihe Trophy Guidelines	The First Annual Open City Summer Writing Workshop	PARK-LIT 2010


FLIGHT PATTERNS: A Century of Stories about Flying Edited by Dorothy Spears Click here to order. Essays, fiction, memoir, and poetry by: Orville Wright Charles A. Lindbergh Beryl Markham Amelia Earhart Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Roald Dahl James Salter James Tate Joseph Heller Alice Munro Tom Wolfe Erica Jong Jerry Stahl Tobias Wolff Barry Hannah James Dickey Grace Paley Joan Didion Walter Kirn Thomas Beller Jonathan Tel Sheila M. Schwartz Bill Broun Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Rachel Cantor Manuel Gonzales David Sedaris Mary Lee Settle John Bowe Gary Horn Linda Yablonsky Brad Kessler Bernard Chabbert Meghan Daum Cover art by Gretchen Hupfel	THE NEW ISSUE: OPEN CITY 29 Summer 2010 Click here to order Featuring: Walter Kirn Kate Christensen Abigail Thomas Robert Walser Terese Svoboda Louis B. Jones Samantha Gillison Michael Carroll Leopoldine Core Bryan Charles Sam Green Antonya Nelson Ki. Rajanarayanan Jason Brown William Gillespie Gordon Henderson	Living Room: A Novel by Rachel Sherman Click here for more info Click here to order "Sherman is a writer attuned to grotesqueries of daily life. Her fictions play out as if under a magnifying glass, with each character's flaws—both physical and psychological—expanded a thousandfold, in a manner that recalls Mary Gaitskill and A.M. Homes." —Los Angeles Times "From the same stock as writers like Lorrie Moore and Amy Hempel, Sherman’s characters thrive under her incredibly particular, telescopic descriptions of the fucked-up human condition. Strange little moments sparkle with humor . . . and others are so humane, they break your heart." —The Faster Times "A riveting debut novel... Unsentimental yet deeply felt, this tale examines what bubbles under the surface of a supposedly happy Long Island family." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Here we have the fractured lives of three generations of women told with zero sentimentality and a huge amount of heart. Living Room is edgy, smart, funny, and altogether human. Rachel Sherman is the real deal." —Dani Shapiro, author of Black and White