The Reason We're Here

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Process

Gather strong diverse voices from different genres in order to create a journal that caters to the world above, beyond, below, around, near, within-sight-of and slightly out of tune with conventional literary outlets. 

Purpose

Cities are built upon need. In the physical world, they collect around resources: a spring, a bay, fertile soil. Imaginary cities collect around ideas: a style of art, a search for information, a game, a movie, a band, a book, a political ideal. It is these cities, these backwards cities, that nourish us and make it possible for us to live richly.

In our Backwards City, there is no mayor, and we eat all our meals at one long table.

Come sample our dishes.