This edited volume explores how the global city – so integral to processes of globalization and neoliberalization worldwide – is now facing new forms of disruption. The essays in this collection use the lens of resistance and critique across a range of literary and cultural texts to explore the potential futures of global cities. They reread neglected histories and fault lines of representation in urban literature around the world to shed new light on the global city. Ranging from the period of high postcolonial development, industrialization and compacted modernization to present-day neoliberal urban planning, the collection considers arrivals and departures in the global city, including the forced movement of undocumented people.