WGBY’s Connecting Point interviews editor Jennifer Acker about the genesis ofThe Common.
Connecting Point (2011)
June 3, 2011
News and Events
News and Events
Boston Launch Event
May 17, 2011
Dispatches, News and Events
Event Date:
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 – 7:00pm
Location:
Porter Square Books
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
May 2, 2011
News and Events
Event Date:
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 – 7:00pm
Location:
BookCourt: 163 Court St Brooklyn, NY
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
April 11, 2011
News and Events
Event Date:
Sunday, September 18, 2011 – 10:00am
Location:
Brooklyn Borough Hall
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)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
The New Yorker cites The Common as a new journal that has found its way.
Amherst Magazine (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
Amherst Magazine features The Common in the Spring 2011 issue: Print Makes a Stand.
The Millions (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
The Millions affirms The Common‘s mission; essayist Sonya Chung says that, through The Common, “I seem to find my nowhere-somewhere, a peculiar feeling of home; my modern sense of place.”
Orion Magazine (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
Orion Magazine welcomes The Common’s first issue with open arms, praising the magazine’s beauty, contributors and dedication to print.
The Recorder (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
The Recorder of Greenfield, MA features The Common: page 1 and page 2.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
The Daily Hampshire Gazette explores The Common‘s ties to a larger literary tradition at Amherst College and asks: is launching a print magazine in 2011 “swimming against the tide?” Maybe. But editor Jennifer Acker has faith.
