The Kenyon Review Online interviews Editor in Chief Jennifer Acker about The Common and its new online features.
The Kenyon Review (2014)
April 3, 2014
News and Events
News and Events
Beyond the Margins (2014)
April 3, 2014
News and Events
Beyond the Margins names The Common as a “hearty, high quality, aesthetically traditional lit mag.”
The Best American Nonrequired Reading
April 3, 2014
News and Events
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014, ed. Dave Eggers, named Rolf Potts and Cedar Van Tassel’s “The Misadventures of Wenamun” as Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2013.
Qadita.net (2014)
April 3, 2014
News and Events
Qadita.net, an Arabic contemporary literature and arts website, writes a feature on Issue 06 contributor Hisham Bustani’s collaboration with The Common.
Who Do You Write For?
February 20, 2014
News and Events
Event Date:
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Center for Fiction, NYC
Have you ever read a novel and felt as though the author was speaking directly to you? Or about you? Guernica and The Common contributors come together to read from and discuss fiction they feel was written just for them and who their own work is addressed to, if anyone. Featuring Benjamin Anastas, Dina Nayeri, Kiese Laymon. Moderated by The Common Editor in Chief Jennifer Acker and Guernica Senior Fiction Editor Meakin Armstrong. Click here for more event information and panelist bios.
Find us at:
The Center for Fiction
17 E 47th St,
New York, NY
10017
The Common in the (Eternal) City
January 27, 2014
News and Events
Event Date:
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, NYU
Join The Common for postcard readings, cocktails/ aperitivos, music, and dancing inspired by a night in Italy!
A Year in Dispatches Reading, AWP 2014, Seattle
January 25, 2014
News and Events
Event Date:
Thursday, February 27, 2014 – 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Location:
McMenamins Six Arms Pub
Join us for a reading (and for drinks!) celebrating work published in The Common‘s Dispatches column this past year; our featured writers will include Katherine Hill, Ira Sukrungruang, Margot Schlipp, Kurt Caswell, Brandi Katherine Herrera, Jeff Muse, and Hannah Gersen. These poems and essays take us coast to coast with their unique evocation of place.
NEA Art Works Grant (2014)
January 15, 2014
News and Events
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded The Common a 2014 Art Works Grant in the magazine’s first year of eligibility.
Sawt al-Watan (2013)
November 20, 2013
News and Events
Sawt al-Watan, a major Palestinian news website, shares The Common‘s vision and work with Hisham Bustani’s writings.
Issue 06 Launch Party and Trivia Night
November 8, 2013
News and Events
Event Date:
Thursday, November 21, 2013 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location:
The High Horse
Join us at The High Horse to celebrate the launch of The Common Issue 06 with a night of games and trivia about locations and languages featured in the issue. Compete in groups to win epic prizes! All are welcome!
