Look for The Common at the Boston Book Festival. We will be sharing a table with Harvard Review!
News and Events
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!
Connecting Point (2011)
WGBY’s Connecting Point interviews editor Jennifer Acker about the genesis ofThe Common.
Boston Launch Event
We’re celebrating the release of Issue 01 in Boston! Join us if you’re in the area on June 8th at Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA) for readings by Ilan Stavans and Sabina Murray. The event starts at 7PM and is free & open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please visit here.
New York Launch Event
We’re celebrating the release of Issue 01 in New York! Join us on May 10th at BookCourt in Brooklyn for readings by contributors Fiona Maazel and Ted Conover. Meet other local TC contributors, editors, and Brooklyn-based designer Gabriele Wilson, who will be taking postcard suggestions for the next cover (we supply the postcards; you supply the suggestions). The event begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Meet us afterward at 61 Local (61 Bergen Street) for drinks and some fun.
Come pick up your very own copy of red hot issue 01!
Brooklyn Book Festival
Join us at the Brooklyn Book Festival, the “largest free literary event in New York City,” on September 18. Enjoy themed readings, panel discussions, and book signings, all at beautiful Brooklyn Borough Hall.
The New Yorker (2011)
The New Yorker cites The Common as a new journal that has found its way.