Jen Acker–along with Jay Baron Nicorvo and Don Lee–will take part in this panel discussion at the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Literary Publishers Conference at Association of Writers and Poets, Lake Michigan, Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor. The Common will also exhibit our wares at AWP’s Bookfair, Space M22.
News and Events
Bennington Roadshow in Brooklyn
Issue 02 contributor Phillip Lopate and nine grads of Bennington College’s MFA program in Creative Writing (including Dispatches contributor Julia Lichtblau and editor Jennifer Acker) will read at Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, an exhibition/performance space in Cobble Hill, on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 7:30-9:30 pm. Wine and book sales will follow. The event is one of an evolving roadshow of readings by established and emerging writers from the Bennington program.
“Commons” at Bennington College
Discovering Houghton: Views of Newton’s Secret Garden
An event at Newton Free Library, in Newton Center, MA, at Houghton Garden, the subject of contributions to Issue 02 from Daniel Jackson and Sarah Luria.
Issue 02 Launch Party
Join us at Brookline Booksmith for readings by three contributors — Daniel Tobin, Katia Kapovich, and Philip Nikolayev — conversations about the works, and a party to celebrate the release of Issue 02.
“Talent Scouts or Red Pencils?”
A panel discussion in Amherst College’s Frost Library with editors for The New York Review of Books, Harper’s Magazine, and Vanity Fair, moderated by Jen Acker. The event takes place as part of Amherst College’s series, “The Future of the Humanities in the Age of Technics.”
Boston Book Festival
Look for The Common at the Boston Book Festival. We will be sharing a table with Harvard Review!
Lit Mag Fair at Newtonville Books
A celebration of local literary magazines, including Agni, Ploughshares, Post Road, Redivider, The Common, and The Harvard Review. Katia Kapovich, author of the short story “The Smuggler” to appear in our upcoming Issue 02, will be reading!
Brooklyn Reading
We’re hosting a reading on August 17th at Rocky Sullivan’s (Brooklyn, NY). Come and enjoy an evening featuring readings by Brook Willensky-Lanford, Maura Candela, and Maria Terrone. The event starts at 7 PM and is free and open to the public.
The Boston Globe (2011)
The Boston Globe features The Common in “Read Local,” a piece that compares the magazine to farmers’ markets.
Greenfield Reading and Event
Join The Common at the Greenfield Arts Collective at Greenfield Energy Park in Greenfield, MA, between 2 and 9 PM on July 30th. Enjoy a live band, watch one-act plays, and listen to readings from a number of authors, including our contributor Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller!