A Public Space
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| Categories | Literary magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| First issue | April 2006 |
| Company | A Public Space Literary Projects, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Brooklyn, New York |
| Language | English |
| Website |
apublicspace |
| ISSN | 1558-965X |
A Public Space is a nonprofit quarterly English-language literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. First published in April 2006. A Public Space publishes fiction, poetry, essays and art. The magazine's Focus portfolios have examined the writing of a different country each issue, covering the literature of Japan, Russia, and Peru in Issues 1-3.
History and editors
The magazine was founded in 2005 by Brigid Hughes, former Executive Editor of The Paris Review.
Notable contributors
Marilynne Robinson, Haruki Murakami, Charles D'Ambrosio, Rick Moody, Anna Deavere Smith, Kelly Link, Daniel Alarcón, Juan Manuel Chavez, Santiago Roncagliolo, Miguel Gutierrez, Jillian Weise, Keith Lee Morris, Jonathan Lethem, Martha Cooley, Anne Carson, Delia Falconer, David Levi Strauss, Nam Le, Ander Monson, Maile Chapman, and Antoine Wilson.
Awards
A Public Space was named Best New Literary Magazine by The Village Voice in December 2006. In 2011, Brigid Hughes received the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing for "her commitment to quality literature and for her larger purpose."