I’d heard much of Nigerian-American author Teju Cole’s Open City almost exactly ten years ago when it was published. As a student in New York, who went for long walks every other day on Morningside, ...

Publishers now pitch their books like Hollywood concepts, so Teju Cole’s first novel, “Open City” (Random House; $25), is being offered as especially appealing to “readers of Joseph O’Neill and Zadie ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Open City, a New York literary journal, is closing its doors after 20 ...