John Knechtel director

John Knechtel founded Alphabet City in 1991. In 1994 he was tagged by Vanity Fair– “Ignore these editors at your peril”– as a leader of the avant-garde in a piece celebrating the editors of North America’s coolest small magazines. In 2002 Knechtel created NEXT MEMORY CITY, Canada’s official entry in the Venice International Architecture Biennale, with artists Michael Awad, Eve Egoyan, and David Rokeby. The show won press acclaim for its innovative interdisciplinary research into the future of the wired city. Canadian Architect called it an “intellectual and experiential landmark” of the Biennale, and OBJEKT Magazine of the Netherlands declared the exhibit “An architectural tour-de-force.”

Jennifer Harris managing editor

Jennifer Harris is assistant professor of English at Mount Allison University. She works primarily in the area of American literature and culture pre-1900 as well as post-colonial literature. Harris has been managing editor at Alphabet City for the past five years.

Gilbert Li art director

Gilbert Li is a graphic designer based in Toronto. His awards for the design of Alphabet City include: American Institute for Graphic Arts, 50 Books/50 Covers, 1999; Advertising and Design Club of Canada, gold, complete book design, 2001; Communication Arts (US), Design Annual 42, complete book design, 2001; Applied Arts (Canada), Awards Annual, complete book design, 2002.