Open City Magazine and Books was a New York City-based magazine and book publisher that featured many first-time writers alongside those who are well known.
The editors were Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas.
Their first book was a collection of poetry by David Berman.
The magazine and books were distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West.
Writers published in the magazine include Mary Gaitskill, Richard Yates, Irvine Welsh, David Foster Wallace, Robert Stone, Martha McPhee, Nick Tosches, Denis Johnson, Rick Moody, Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Ames, Sam Lipsyte, Joe Andoe, David Berman, Jonathan Baumbach, Joshua Beckman, Matthew Rohrer, Matthew Zapruder, Anselm Berrigan, Jill Bialosky, Hakim Bey, Jason Brown, Bliss Broyard, Rachel Sherman, Charles Bukowski, Robert Olen Butler, Emily Carter, Alexander Chancellor, Bryan Charles, Alfred Chester, Christopher Sorrentino, Delmore Schwartz, Cyril Connolly, Adrian Dannatt, Thomas Beller, Meghan Daum, Rick DeMarinis, Rodney Jack, Catherine Bowman, Geoff Dyer, Alicia Erian, Edward Field, Nick Flynn, Ford Madox Ford, Bruce Jay Friedman, Rivka Galchen, Deborah Garrison, Mark Gonzales, Dana Goodyear, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Daniil Kharms, Wayne Koestenbaum, James Lasdun, Monica Lewinsky, Viktor Pelevin, Rebecca Wolff, Kevin Young, and C.K.