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.
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.”
Look for The Common at the Boston Book Festival. We will be sharing a table with Harvard Review!
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!
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 features The Common in “Read Local,” a piece that compares the magazine to farmers’ markets.
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!
WGBY’s Connecting Point interviews editor Jennifer Acker about the genesis ofThe Common.
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.
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!
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