Join Jennifer Acker alongside Jeffrey Lependorf, David Lynn, and Anna Moschovakis for a discussion on building and utilizing boards. Located in Room 102, Plaza Level.
We’re excited to take part in the annual AWP Conference & Bookfair. Please stop by The Common, space AA19, to chat and check out our wares. This year’s conference will take place in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel.
The Common is pleased to be a part of the Amherst College Press. Learn more about the Amherst College Press here.
Celebrate the release of 04 with poetry editor John Hennessy, contributors, and special guests, including Richard Wilbur, the subject of Robert Bagg‘s “The Poet in Rome,” and South African literature expert Stephen Clingman, who will introduce the issue’s anthology of South African poetry. Held at Amherst Books in Amherst, MA
The Common will be one of the featured journals at this year’s Conversations and Connections Conference, held for the first time In Philadelphia, PA. Organized by Barrelhouse, a DC based literary magazine and arts organization, the conference brings together an eclectic mix of writers, editors, and publishers for an all day event of panel discussions, craft workshops, guest speakers, including keynote Stewart O’Nan and featured panelists Ken Kalfus, Paul Lisicky, Don Lee, Katie Ford, Josh Emmons, Laura van den Berg, and Andrew Ervin. Among the other participating journals are Artichoke Haircut, Barrelhouse, the Believer, Big Lucks, StoryQuarterly, Gigantic Sequins, Painted Bride Quarterly, Cobalt, Eyeshot, Philadelphia Stories, Three Quarters Review, and Northville Review.
Click here to learn more about the conference, what it offers to budding and experienced writers alike, and how to register.
The Common will have a table at the Brooklyn Book Festival!
The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors.
The reading period for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will reopen on September 1, 2012, and close on December 1, 2012.
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At Forbes Library in Northampton with Amity Gaige, Victoria Redel, Claire Messud, and Jennifer Acker. Part of Local History/Local Novelists series.
Join us for “Beyond Geography,” a place-based discussion of the art of fiction with Jennifer Haigh, Hari Kunzru, Jennifer Acker, and Sonya Chung. The Center for Fiction, co-sponsored by The Common.
The Common will share a table with the Journal of the Month at The Boston Book Festival.
The four-year-old BBF has come to be regarded as one of the best book festivals in the country.
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Celebrating 15 Years