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Translation Master Class – Postponed

January 21, 2015 News and Events

Event Date:

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 – 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Location:

PAINO LECTURE HALL, BENESKI MUSEUM, Amherst College

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Check back for rescheduling. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Hisham Bustani and Thoraya El-Rayyes will lead a translation master class. Drawing on texts in an array of source languages, the master class will focus on important literary considerations for translators, translation techniques, and the experimental and collaborative process of translation.

To register, email info@thecommononline.org.
Part of the Copeland Colloquium Program at Amherst College.

The Best American Poetry 2012

January 6, 2015 News and Events

The Best American Poetry 2012, ed. Mark Doty, included Mary Jo Salter’s “The Gods” and Honor Moore’s “Song,” both from The Common Issue 01.

The Review Review (2013)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

The Review Review gives Issue 04 five stars, saying it “seamlessly blends style, presentation, and experimentation with pieces that celebrate the universal human experiences of love, loneliness, heartbreak, and anxiety.”

Like Fire (2011)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

Like Fire welcomes The Common as “a fresh contender in the lovely summertime stream of literary journals, one that’s absolutely worth taking a look at.”

The Faster Times (2011)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

The Faster Times reviews the first issue of The Common, celebrating the magazine as a “place for the placeless.”

The Millions (2012)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

The Millions‘ Tiffany Gilbert writes about The Common in the City party on Tumblr.

NewPages (2010)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

NewPages reviews Issue 00 in advance of our official debut, describing The Common‘s prose and poetry as “polished, refined, and serious.”

NewPages (2014)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

NewPages reviews Issue 08, finding it “entertaining, informative, thought-provoking, and above all else … comforting.”

NewPages (2014)

January 5, 2015 News and Events

NewPages reviews Issue 07, highlighting “lines that prick like needles wedged in the cotton of concrete, everyday objects.”

Contemporary Arabic Fiction: A Conversation

December 3, 2014 News and Events

Event Date:

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 – 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Location:

FAYERWEATHER HALL 115, Amherst College

Join internationally known writers, editors, and translators for a lively conversation.

What themes, styles, and innovative collaborations are emerging in Middle Eastern fiction? What linguistic, political, and cultural opportunities and challenges do Arabic writers and their editors face in translating and publishing new works?

Reception to follow.