The Review Review interviews editor-in-chief Jennifer Acker on “capturing the essence of somewhere particular.”
News and Events
New York Book Show (2012)
The 26th Annual New York Book Show recognized The Common Issues 01 and 02, which won a second place literary magazine design award.
Writing Real Places in a Virtual World: The Common at NYPL
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Periodically Speaking at the New York Public Library hosts The Common. Join editor Jennifer Acker in conversation with (and readings by): Brook Wilensky-Lanford; Maura Candela; and Angela Veronica Wong.
Periodically Speaking is “a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America’s literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library.” Find more information about Periodically Speaking here.
Head to the main branch of the Library and enter at 5th Ave (betwixt the famous lions). Once you’re in the lobby, take a left and walk all the way to the end of the hallway—we’ll be in the last room on the left (Room 108).
Admission is free.
Electric Literature (2012)
Electric Literature covers The Common‘s one-year celebration in their blog “The Outlet”.
The Common in the City
Tickets are now on sale! Visit the event page for more details.
Enclave Reading Series
Jennifer Acker hosts Martha Cooley, contributor to Issue 02, and Gabriel Brownstein, contributor to Issue 03, for the Enclave Reading Series.
Saturday, April 28, 4:00pm.
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street, New York, New York.
Small Press Fair at Newtonville Books
Join us at our table at Newtonville Books‘ Small Presses and Literary Magazines Fair, and enjoy a short reading of our recent poetry.
Issue 03 Launch Party at Amherst College
Come celebrate the release of Issue 03! Join us at Amherst College’s Alumni House on April 27 for drinks and music. Featuring readers Susan Stinson and Brad Leithauser. The event, which is free and open to the public, starts at 7:00 p.m. Click here for a map of the Amherst College campus.
12th Annual Juniper Literary Festival
Once again, The Common will keep a table at this year’s Juniper festival. Enjoy the journal and press fair, and a keynote reading by James Tate.
Writing About Place: A Lunchtime Conversation
Visit the Kelly Writers House at UPenn for a rousing discussion on writing about place. The conversation will be streamed live here.