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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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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.
A young boy looks out the window of a train. The rest of the train can be seen behind him, disappearing into 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
Rant & Remedy

What is your bread and where are your roses?

Urban Excursions in the Gentrifying City

A balcony view of the lower level of a deserted mall, with fluorescent lights illuminating the diner-style tiles and a single gumball machine..

You Are Not What You Used To Be

Spiraling sign of Dutler's Bowling Alley on a bright Mankato afternoon.

Dear Mankato

Brick building (almost tower-like). Abandoned and unkept with broken windows

Dear Bridgeport

Tropical-like house with a blue door and white and yellow exterior

Bone Island Blues

Kids stand on paved Chicago lakeshore, looking out over rough waters.

Write Us A City

A child plays hopscotch by herself while a lady in a headscarf walks away in the background.

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