Volume 9 / 2023
Aldana, Yael— Not a Blade of Grass Between Us. BARBADOS
Section 2— INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric)
Dodd, Casie— The Soup Kitchen Fathers. CHICAGO
Section 10— MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy)
Matthias, Christopher— City of the Mind. VARIETY.
Section 5— ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report and Eyewitness)
Albert, Rodrigo— From the Bedroom Window, Paris, France. PARIS
Section 6— URBAN FABRIC (in Report and Eyewitness)
Ward, Cheryl— Iterations: To See and To Know. PHILADELPHIA
Section 12— CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy)
Bissichia, Joe— With Hands Out. PHILADELPHIA
Section 9— THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy)
Volume 8 / 2022
Lima, Cairo— Urban Downtown Social Distancing. PORTO ALEGRE
Section 1— WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric)
Johns, Rebecca and Hoecker— Virus City. CHICAGO
BIG SHOULDERS BOOKS: VIRUS CITY (in Interview & Happening)
Simon, Christina— To Live or Die in the City of Angels. LOS ANGELES
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy)
Silverman, Sue William—On Liminality. HOUSTON
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric)
Thompson, Wendy M.—Black Oakland/Still Here. OAKLAND
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Salvini, Rachele—Mad For It. LONDON
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report and Eyewitness).
Kysar, Kathryn—Midway in Four Directions. MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Wade, Julie Marie—Keystone. PITTSBURGH
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Sawyier, Anne—TAKE FOUNTAIN: Finding Home Amongst LA’s Historic Buildings. LOS ANGELES
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Paine, Patty—City Scenes. NEW YORK CITY
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Paul, Elizabeth—Find Entrance: Osh, Kyrgyzstan. OSH
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Kroik, Polina—Grace and Freedom in the Reopened Library. NEW YORK CITY
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
McGraw, Taylor—Jobs I’ve Had. NEW ORLEANS
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
George, Julian—The Man Who Loved New York. NEW YORK CITY
Section 4—TEXTUAL BURLESQUE (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Bergamini, Guilherme—Old Havana. HAVANA
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Hume, Christine—White Noise Nocturne: Tour of Ypsilanti. YPSILANTI
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Volume 7 / 2021
Cohen, Garnett Kilberg—Music of the Plague. CHICAGO
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report and Eyewitness).
Pendás, Madari—We Need Our Pain. PARIS
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Hovhannisyan, Mane—Blue Sun. YEREVAN
Section 4—TEXTUAL BURLESQUE (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Wade, Julie Marie—Pandemic, Florida 33004. MIAMI
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Sukrungruang, Ira—Another Type of Silence. BANGKOK, CHIANG MAI, CHICAGO, COLUMBUS
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Fletcher, Harrison Candelaria—Down on the Street at Blake and Sixteen. DENVER
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Mendez, Jasminne—The Birds Don’t Stop. HOUSTON
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Simms, Renee—It’s the Alcohol Talking (three street scenes and one old memory). DETROIT
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Shinner, Peggy—In Winnemac Park. CHICAGO
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Kalfopoulou, Adrianne—Athens: The City I Miss, the City I Love. ATHENS
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Rantisi, Rima—Inside the (Seismic) Shift. BEIRUT
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Mockett, Marie Mutsuki—I Went to See the Cherry Blossoms. TOKYO
Special Issue—THIS BLISSFUL CITY (in Report & Eyewitness)
Bruner, Jason—Goddamn Phoenix. PHOENIX
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Foulke, Elizabeth—Intimate Strangers. NEW YORK
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Lannin, Rosamund—City Kids. CHICAGO
CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy)
Hillegonds, Tim—Exploring the Way of Imagination: an Interview with Scott Russell Sanders.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening)
Hadley-Pryce, Kerry—The Black Country. THE WEST MIDLANDS.
Section 7—AFTER SLAG (in Report & Eyewitness)
VOLUME 6 / 2020
Soriano, Jen—“Love You Back to Life,” an Interview with Jaquira Díaz.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening)
Nix, Sol—Ghost Story. CHICAGO
Section 7—AFTER SLAG (in Report & Eyewitness)
Borich, Barrie Jean—Letter from the Editor. CHICAGO
From the Editor’s Desk/SALLY RAND’S FAN DANCE (in Rant & Remedy).
Woodward, Angus—Half-Mast Summer. BATON ROUGE.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Report and Eyewitness)
Pegas, Heather– They Built This City. LOS ANGELES.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
Borich, Barrie Jean– Keeping My Distance. CHICAGO.
From the Editor’s Desk/SALLY RAND’S FAN DANCE (in Rant & Remedy).
Whiting, Jeremy– Density: Detroit Double Exposures. DETROIT.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
Skrill, Howard– Death Wish. NEW. YORK.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Sturdevant, M.K.– Commuting Collage. CHICAGO.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Janssens Keller, Michelle– Finding Truth Across Genre and Shattering Shame: An Interview with Sheila O’Connor.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening).
VOLUME 5 / 2019
Reichard, William– This Charming Man. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Rabinowitz, Sima– Still Life with Broken Tibia. NEW YORK CITY.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report and Eyewitness).
Martin, Geoff— Ten Crossings in the Midwestern Borderlands. CHICAGO.
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Carlin, David and Nicole Walker– The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet. FLAGSTAFF; MELBOURNE.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
Happold, Madeline– Our Earth is an Encyclopedia: A Conversation with David Carlin and Nicole Walker.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening).
Rantisi, Rima– Days of Pearls. BEIRUT.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Castro, Paul– Walking the Big Worm. SÃO PAULO.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Hunt, Aileen– School Run. DUBLIN.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Curran, Winifred– Urban Excursions in the Gentrifying City. CHICAGO.
From the Editor’s Desk/ SALLY RAND’S FAN DANCE (in Rant & Remedy).
Cordeiro, William– Tilt. LAS VEGAS.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Kennedy, Jody– Heutoirs D’aix-en-Provence, France. PROVENCE.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Moreno, Daniel– Plaza. TÁCHIRA.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
VOLUME 4 / 2018
Hill, James Tate— You Are Not What You Used To Be. CHARLESTON.
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Hanel, Rachael— Dear Mankato. MANKATO.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Huber, Sonya— Dear Bridgeport. BRIDGEPORT.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Gary, Janice— Bone Island Blues. KEY WEST.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Cappello, Mary, James Morrison and Jean Walton— Buffalo Trace: A Threefold Vibration. BUFFALO.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Cappello, Mary, James Morrison and Jean Walton— Seven Questions for the Authors of Buffalo Trace.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening).
Bylund, Danielle— Excavation: In Situ. NEW YORK.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Ghent, Nadia–Three Songs of Two Cities. BUFFALO.
Section 7—AFTER SLAG (in Report & Eyewitness).
Kastner, Julia–Self Portrait, Houston. HOUSTON.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report and Eyewitness).
SLAG GLASS CITY FAVORITES from Volume 1 (December 2017 update)
D’Amico, Lynette—Fictions of the City. NEW YORK CITY.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
SLAG GLASS CITY FAVORITES from Volume 1 (December 2017 update)
Morano, Michelle—How to Cross a Street in Mumbai. MUMBAI.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
SLAG GLASS CITY FAVORITES from Volume 1 (December 2017 update)
Rooney, Kathleen—It Is Not Waste All This, Not Placed Here in Disgust, Street After Street. CHICAGO.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
VOLUME 3 / 2017
Antonetta, Susanne Paola—Wendy. ELIZABETH.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Bilinski, Kyle—Babies. BOISE.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
Burn, Sean—Ghosts-in-the-Machine. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Ellison, J.M.—Please Stand Clear of the Doors. CHICAGO.
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Ghiara, Abhay Burjor—Return to Bombay Quarter. MUMBAI.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report & Eyewitness).
Gillaspy, Thomas Michael—Windows. PORTLAND, SEATTLE, OLYMPIA, BAY AREA, MINNEAPOLIS. Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Grey, G.L.—Bukhansan. SEOUL.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Guiol, Carmella de los Angeles—Magic City Nocturne. MIAMI.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Hellstern, Elizabeth—Chicago Song (The City as Personative). CHICAGO.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report & Eyewitness).
Inwood, Olivia—Brickscape. SYDNEY.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Kalfopoulou, Adrianne—The Parts Don’t Add Up. ATHENS.
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Kirsch, John—Mexico City. MEXICO CITY.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
LaVigne, Mary Jane—Playing Bridge with the Roosevelts. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report & Eyewitness).
Livingston, Kathleen–Be Here Now. DETROIT.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (In Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Lyons, Stephen J.—Frank. TUCSON.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Matthews, Dirk—Verschwinden (Disappear). CHICAGO.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Matthews, Sebastian—Gospel. NEW YORK.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
McCrary, Micah—Metropolis. CHICAGO.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Mogo, Ebele—City People. LAGOS.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Oates, Leah—Transitory Space. BEIJING.
Section 12—CONTINUOUS CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
O’Connor, Sheila—Reconstructing V. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 4—TEXTUAL BURLESQUE (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Royster, Francesca—Narrow Places. CHICAGO.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Sassi, Fabio—Marble & Tar. BOLOGNA.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
Wilson, Harry—City Memos. VENICE, PRAGUE, OAXACA, ANKARA, VARNA, FLORENCE, COLONIA, MERIDA, CATANIA, PARIS, MADRID, RISSANI, BUENOS AIRES, RABAT.
Section 6—URBAN FABRIC (in Report & Eyewitness).
VOLUME 2 / 2016
Babine, Karen—Reading Galway. GALWAY.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Hansen, Re’Lynn—My Repeating World. CHICAGO.
Section 4—TEXTUAL BURLESQUE (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Mourani, Mishka Mojabber—Crossing the Green Line. BEIRUT.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Rabinowitz, Sima—Gertrude Stein and Sima Rabinowitz Walk Down Fifth Avenue Together. MANHATTAN.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Shuette, Allison—Busy Enough to Take in the Likes of Me. GARY.
Section 7—AFTER SLAG (in Report & Eyewitness).
Walker, Nicole—What is a City. FLAGSTAFF.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
VOLUME 1 / 2015
Alcantar, Taylor. Making Art for Living Cities. CHICAGO.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening).
Bauer, Curtis. The Disorientation of Scarcity. BUENOS AIRES.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Bradford, K., Barrie Jean Borich, Mary Cappello, and Ames Hawkins. Courting the Peculiar. THE QUEER CITY.
Section 4—TEXTUAL BURLESQUE (in Essay, Memoir & Lyric).
Joe Bonomo—Abandoned Cities. MANHATTAN, CHICAGO.
Section 7—AFTER SLAG (in Report & Eyewitness).
Borich, Barrie Jean—Behind the Fan. CHICAGO.
From the Editor’s Desk/ SALLY RAND’S FAN DANCE (in Rant & Remedy).
Cihlar, James—Regeneration. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report & Eyewitness).
D’Amico, Lynette—Fictions of the City. NEW YORK CITY.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Goode, Jennie—Dream House. SEATTLE.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Holladay, Sailor—Found on Muni Bus #14. SAN FRANCISCO.
Section 11—LETTER FROM ANOTHER CITY (in Rant & Remedy).
Honald, Randall—Assemblages. AGRA, AMBER, CHICAGO, DUBLIN, DELHI, JAIPUR, MILAN, OAKLAND, ORCHHA.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Aviya Kushner—Hunger and the Holy Self. CHICAGO.
Section 9—The Living Grid (in Rant & Remedy).
Migliorino, Laura—Finding Hopper. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 5—ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE (in Report & Eyewitness).
Morano, Michelle—How to Cross a Street in Mumbai. MUMBAI.
Section 8—STRANGERS HERE OURSELVES (in Report & Eyewitness).
Mundt, Lewis—Shottyz: A Love Story. MINNEAPOLIS.
Section 3—BICYCLES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Quist, Donald—Dogs in the Kingdom. BANGKOK.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Rompf, David—Plaza for Pause. NEW YORK.
Section 9—THE LIVING GRID (in Rant & Remedy).
Rooney, Kathleen—It Is Not Waste All This, Not Placed Here in Disgust, Street After Street. CHICAGO.
Section 1—WALKERS IN THE CITY (Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Sheehan, Nuria—Your Body is a Public Space: A Conversation with Eula Bliss.
THE SLAG GLASS INTERVIEW (in Interview & Happening).
Vandenberg, Katrina—The Same River Twice. DETROIT.
Section 2—INTIMATE GRAFFITI (in Essay, Memoir, & Lyric).
Wassus, Kenny—Baltimore City, April 2015. BALTIMORE.
Section 10—MEAN STREETS (in Rant & Remedy).
Header photo by Luke McKernan
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