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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.