Global City is a literary metropolis of the imagination. Edited and produced by writers, it celebrates the possibilities of the “global city” and other constructions of community while honoring the subversiveness and originality of ordinary lives. Global City is for citizens in spirit, wherever they may live.
Impermanence of Home
Global City Review is now accepting submissions for our 26th issue, titled Impermanence of Home. We’re interested in stories, essays, poems, interviews, and artwork that explore how sanctuary, whether a person, place, memory, language, or idea, can be lost, reshaped, reimagined,…
A Long Eulogy For Ann Eugenia Volkes
by founding editor, Linsey Abrams, who knew her best October 1, 2024 Dear friends, readers, and loved ones, I am despondent over losing my wife, Ann, and so are her dear and forever friends. Her cousins. Women were her colleagues in…
Jessica Sticklor, collective member, publishes novel and YA Fantasy Series
Jessica Sticklor, a Global City Collective member, has two forthcoming titles releasing. She is available for readings, talks, and interviews this fall. The Beekeeper’s Daughter is an exploration of the struggles women face while dealing with mental illness. The novel follows three interlocking narratives. The story…
Subscriptions, Submissions, and More
Dear Global City friends and family,Thanks to all of you that have already subscribed to Global City. If you have not yet subscribed, please do. All digital subscriptions are free. You can do so here. You will then receive in your inbox…
Interview with a Gay Cop
Want to know what it was really like being a gay cop in the heydays of New York City? Here’s a flashback to our celebrated piece, “Interview with a Gay Cop,” from our Crime and Punishment issue from the Spring of…
Linsey Abrams and Global City Review
I met Linsey Abrams when I was in Graduate School in 2002. I took her novel workshop at Sarah Lawrence College and confessed that although I was admitted as a poet I thought I was a novelist. She graciously agreed that…
