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Literature in a Digital Age

Event Date: 
Saturday, May 30, 2015 – 2:45pm3:45pm
Location: 
Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College

The Internet and digital technologies have been described as both a boon to literature and its death knell. What can we say in 2015 about how people write, read and listen to literary stories, poetry, experiences and opinions in the digital age? Can technology enhance our experience and appreciation of literature? How may the very definition of “literature” change in an increasingly digital age? What is the future for non-technologized methods of literary transmittal, also known as “books”?

Join David Kirkpatrick ’75, founder and CEO of Techonomy, Jim Kennedy ’75, senoir vice president of strategic planning at the Associated Press, Alicia Christoff, assistant professor of English, and Jennifer Acker ’00, founder and Editor of Chief of The Common. Presented by the Classes of 1975 and 2000.

May 30, 2015 | 2:45pm

Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College
Part of Amherst College Reunion Weekend.

Literature in a Digital Age
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Issue 09 Launch Party at High Horse Bar

Event Date: 
Thursday, April 23, 2015 – 5:30pm7:30pm
Location: 
High Horse Bar, Amherst, MA

 

 

Celebrate the launch of Issue 09 with a night of local literature trivia at the High Horse (upstairs) in Amherst, MA! Bring your friends and win summer-inspired prizes!

Featuring readings by Issue 09 contributor Edie Meidav and Issue 08 contributor Jonathan Gerhardson at 7pm.

Join our Facebook Event here!

Issue 09 Launch Party at High Horse Bar
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NEA Grant (2015)

NEA Grant 2015: In its first year of eligibility, The Common has been awarded a 2014 Artworks Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA funds will help to bring The Common‘s place-based literature into classrooms around the country, to develop and promote its online presence, and to grow its readership. Starting in 2015, The Common will work vigorously to reach more students, of all ages, across the humanities and interdisciplinary fields such as architecture. The Common will also develop and promote its free, multimedia online content to a wider global readership.

NEA Grant (2015)
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The Common in the City: Mumbai!

Event Date: 
Thursday, May 14, 2015 – 7:00pm9:00pm
Location: 
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, 20 Cooper Square, New York

 

Join The Common for a unique postcard auction, cocktails/canapes, and music inspired by a night in India.

Featuring Suketu Mehta in conversation with Parul Sehgal.

The Common in the City: Mumbai!
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