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A narrow lit up scence on the sidewalk of people playing, walking their dogs, sitting down with their dogs, and shadows as the sun beams on the pavement.
Three multi-colored bricks meet at a perfect corner.
Black and white illustration of a industrial town. In the foreground, there are people walking beside horses with a wagons holding coal. In the background, there are large smoke stacks.
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  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Submit to the City
  • Essay, Memoir, & Lyric
    • SECTION 1—Walkers in the City
    • SECTION 2—Intimate Graffiti
    • SECTION 3—Bicycles, Trains, & Automobiles
    • SECTION 4—Textual Burlesque
    • SPECIAL ISSUE—THE ARCHIVAL CITY
  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
    • SPECIAL ISSUE—This Blissful City 2021
  • RANT & REMEDY
    • SECTION 9—The Living Grid
    • SECTION 10—Mean Streets
    • SECTION 11—Letter From Another City
    • SECTION 12—Continuous City
    • From the Editor’s Desk—Sally Rand’s Fan Dance
  • INTERVIEW & HAPPENING
    • Slag Glass Happenings
    • The Slag Glass Review & Interview
    • BIG SHOULDERS BOOKS: Virus City
  • Contents of the City
  • Slag Glass Tumblr
Written by Barrie Jean Borich

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