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  • Essay, Memoir, & Lyric
    • SECTION 1—Walkers in the City
    • SECTION 2—Intimate Graffiti
    • SECTION 3—Bicycles, Trains, & Automobiles
    • SECTION 4—Textual Burlesque
  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
  • 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 Interview
  • Contents of the City
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A narrow street between two ornate buildings in Bukhansen leads downhill. The rest of the skyline can be seen in the distance.
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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
  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
  • 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 Interview
  • Contents of the City
  • Slag Glass Tumblr
Essay, Memoir, & Lyric

What are the songs of the city?

A long crowd of people walking cover the sidewalk on Fifth Avenue in NYC.

Gertrude Stein and Sima Rabinowitz Walk Down Fifth Avenue Together

A floating pile of trash and debris in Montrose Harbor, Chicago.

ASSEMBLAGES

A large boat is tethered to land in Detroit, Michigan.

The Same River Twice

A biker in cutoff denim shorts and a license plate that reads “Hot cabs Tips Only 6”

SHOTTYZ: A LOVE STORY

Black and white photograph of an empty suburban street.

DREAM HOUSE

An animated image shows a man raising one arm up in the air; he is wearing a colorful crown, lip rings and a low cut shirt that showcases a large tattoo on his chest. In the background, there’s a man walking who wears a bright red suit.

COURTING THE PECULIAR

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