News and Events

The Common Issue 12 Launch Party

Event Date: 
Monday, November 7, 2016 – 7:00pm
Location: 
Housing Works Bookstore Café
Join The Common magazine for an evening of literary celebration as we toast the launch of Issue 12!

The Common Issue 12 Launch Party
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The Common at the Mead

Event Date: 
Friday, October 28, 2016 – 5:00pm6:00pm
Location: 
Amherst College

Join the staff of The Common for an evening of readings from Tajdeed, our special issue of Middle Eastern fiction, plus a sneak peek at the next issue. Readings will take place in the Mead Art Museum’s beautiful Rotherwas Room, with light refreshments to follow.

The Common at the Mead
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National Endowment for the Arts Awards $10,000 to The Common

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Amherst, MA. Dec. 8, 2015—For the second year in a row, The Common literary magazine has been awarded an Art Works Grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. Based at Amherst College, The Common is one of 80 organizations across the country to receive an NEA Literature grant in 2015. The NEA funds will be matched by $20,000 from Amherst College and support:

  • A special issue of contemporary Arabic fiction, Tajdeed (Renewal), to be published in April 2016
  • The Common in the Classroom, an educational outreach program providing resources for educators to bring the magazine’s diverse, place-based literature into classrooms across the country
National Endowment for the Arts Awards $10,000 to The Common
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Author Panel at Forbes Library

Event Date: 
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 – 7:00pm9:00pm
Location: 
Forbes Library, 20 West St, Northampton, MA 01060

On Wednesday, April 13, at 7 PM, the Forbes Library will host a panel discussion and Q&A with The Common, featuring novelist Edie Meidav, podcast editor Steven Tagle, and Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Acker. Each will read briefly from recent work, discuss balancing the writing and teach life, and talk about The Common‘s role in the literary landscape here in the Valley and around the world.

Author Panel at Forbes Library
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Arabic Night at Amherst College

Event Date: 
Friday, April 8, 2016 – 6:00pm9:00pm
Location: 
Amherst College

On Friday, April 8, from 6-9 PM, The Common and the Five College Arabic Initiative will co-host the Fifth Annual Arabic Night. The night will feature the launch of The Common‘s eleventh issue, Tajdeed (Renewal), a special issue dedicated solely to translated contemporary Arabic fiction. In addition, the night will feature Professor John Eisele, professor and Director of the Arabic Studies Program at the College of William and Mary, as well as live Arabic music performed by the Layaali Music Ensemble, a Middle Eastern dinner and various student performances.

Arabic Night at Amherst College
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