The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a city-symphony to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, this book traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis.

The Premiere Issue:

Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Battered Suitcase, a literary journal of intelligent and imaginative prose, poetry and art exploring the human experience.

Fiction by Nathalie Boisard-Beudin, Louise Beech, Bryan R. Dennis, T.J. Cruz, Leslie Braley, Chris Miller and J.P. Devlin.

Narrative Non-Fiction by Vivian Wagner.

Poetry by Nat Hall, Stefanie Maclin, Lucinda Tang, Peter Schwartz, and David McLean.

Artwork by Diana Magallon and Jeff Crouch, Jim Fuess, Kelly Haigh, Dario Molinaro, and Jenn Alexandra Anderson.

Lyrics by Adam Ficek

Edited by Fawn Neun, Maggie Ward, Deb Perry, Alice Bigelow and N. Apythia Morges.