Brooklyn literary magazine thrives with local staff, diverse content
Brooklyn BookBeat
American Chordata began as a passion project for its editors, founded in Spring 2015 on the belief that a literary magazine can celebrate sophisticated design and earnest expression on the same page. Five issues later, the magazine is now available on bookshelves from McNally Jackson in New York to Powell’s in Portland. On Wednesday, American Chordata hosted a party and reading at Commend in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
“We tend to think of ourselves as a Brooklyn-based magazine,” said editor Alison Lewis, who lives in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. “Most of our editors live in Brooklyn, and our editorial meetings are often hosted in my apartment.”