Los Angeles underground paper with Bukowski, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Anaïs Nin, and more!

Description

Founded in 1967 by editor John Bryan, Open City was one of the most influential and visually distinctive underground newspapers to emerge from the West Coast counterculture. Printed bi-weekly out of Los Angeles, it blended radical politics with new journalism, comics, poetry, and psychedelic graphics—often giving voice to writers and artists ignored by the mainstream press. Its layout leaned experimental, its tone irreverent, and its contributors legendary. This First Anniversary Issue reflects the publication at its peak, celebrating a year of publishing with a vibrant, wraparound color cover and an impressive editorial lineup.

Among the contributors: Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Anaïs Nin, Lenore Kandel, Carol Berge, and Bob Kaufman. There’s a searing story by Bukowski that captures the raw edge of his street-level LA, a wild acid test graphic, and a glowing review by Nin of Marguerite Young’s Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. If you collect beat writers, West Coast poets, or Vietnam-era underground print, this is an essential issue—both for its content and for its bold design. A rare survivor in any condition.

Underground press meets literary gold—this one checks every box for collectors of Bukowski, the Beats…and the counterculture.