The Amherst Bulletin explores The Common‘s origins as a print journal, as well as its relationship with Amherst College.
Amherst Bulletin (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
News and Events
Inside Higher Ed (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
Inside Higher Ed heralds the launch of The Common, describing our mission, our roots in Amherst College’s rich literary tradition, and our crucial ties to UMass-Amherst and other local institutions.
The Chronicle of Higher Education (2011)
April 3, 2011
News and Events
The Chronicle of Higher Education runs an in-depth Q&A with editor Jennifer Acker that describes why we’re uncommon, the inner workings of the journal, and how we’ll negotiate print and digital publishing.
The Common Hosts Launch Party
April 1, 2011
News and Events
Event Date:
Thursday, April 28, 2011 – 8:00 pm
Location:
Alumni House, Amherst College
Come celebrate the release of our first issue! Join us at Amherst College’s Alumni House on April 28th for drinks, music and brief readings by contributors Sabina Murray and Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 8:00 p.m. Click here for a map of the Amherst College campus.
First Issue Release!
March 25, 2011
News and Events
Event Date:
Thursday, March 31st, 2011 – 8:00 pm
Location:
Amherst, MA
Issue 01 of The Common ships to subscribers.
Richard Wilbur’s 90th Birthday Party
March 14, 2011
News, News and Events
Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize winner, former Poet Laureate, and Editorial Board member for The Common, celebrated his 90th birthday on March 1. Here are photos from his birthday celebration at Amherst College.
First Ink
February 15, 2011
News, News and Events
The Common is heralded in today’s Inside Higher Ed.
“The last few years had many literary journal editors’ backs against the wall. Numerous journals teetered between shuttering and downsizing.
“Have Bed. Need Floor.”
January 27, 2011
Essays, News, News and Events
By MAX KAISLER
College students are a lot like hermit crabs. For four years they divide the warm and cold seasons between home and school, shuttling back and forth with a few overstuffed bags in tow.
Introducing Dispatches
January 26, 2011
Dispatches, News, News and Events
Today we are proud to launch Dispatches, a weekly column that will feature news, notes, and impressions from around the world. Some of our dispatches will be posted with great speed, to reflect recent experience. Others, like today’s installment from Jock Doubleday, might be a postcard of a season gone by.
Year 00: A Review of Our First Year
December 30, 2010
News, News and Events
In 2010, The Common was born. It’s been a year full of adventure, enthusiasm, creativity, and big steps forward. Steps advancing our mission to publish the best sense-of-place literature, work that says: This Can Only Happen Here.
