Issues

The Common Issue 29 with a lemon on a pale green backgroundCurrent Issue: 29

A special portfolio highlighting photography and translated prose from Amman, Jordan; short stories from Hawai‘i, Kenya, Baton Rouge, and an Austin boxing gym; an essay on ritual and clothmaking in Cameroon; and poems by Erica Dawson, Rick Barot, Mary Jo Salter, John Kinsella, Julia Kolchinsky, and more.

Browse | Buy | Teach

cover-images

Subscribe to The Common today.

Purchase issues from The Common Webstore in print, Kindle, PDF, or e-book format.

Teach The Common in your classroom.

The Common cover with a sudsy bar of soap on a black background

Issue 28: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common, Issue 27, cover with colorful flower petals on a sky blue background

Issue 27: Browse | Buy | Teach

Cover of The Common Issue 26 with a beet on a pink background

Issue 26: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common issue 25 with broken pieces of eggshell scattered all over a surface

Issue 25: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 24 cover with colorful buttons on a white surface

Issue 24: Browse | Buy | Teach

Common Issue 23 cover showing a half-burnt piece of toast on a green background

Issue 23: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 22 cover showing a sea shell on a light blue background

Issue 22: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 21 cover with a green cassette tape on a creamy beige background

Issue 21: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 20 cover showing a piece of cake on a fork against a bright pink background

Issue 20: Browse | Buy | Teach

Common Issue 19 cover with white feather on yellow background

Issue 19: Browse | Buy | Teach

Issue 18 cover, a spilled cup of coffee on a white background

Issue 18: Browse | Buy | Teach

Common Issue 17 cover with matches strewn on a pale green background

Issue 17: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 16 cover with a melting yellow popsicle on a bright blue background

Issue 16: Browse | Buy | Teach

Cover of The Common Issue 15, with a pomegranite cut in half, against a peach-colored background

Issue 15: Browse | Buy | Teach

Cover of The Common Issue 14, showing a crinkled tube of white paint on an orange background

Issue 14: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 13

Issue 13: Browse | Buy | Teach

Issue 12

Issue 12: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 11

Issue 11: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 10

Issue 10: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 9

Issue 9: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 8

Issue 8: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 7

Issue 7: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 6

Issue 6: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 5

Issue 5: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 4

Issue 4: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 3

Issue 3: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 2

Issue 2: Browse | Buy | Teach

The Common Issue 1

Issue 1: Browse | Buy | Teach

From the beginning, The Common has brought you transportive writing and exciting new voices. We are committed to supporting writers and maintaining free, unrestricted access to our website, but we can’t do it without you. Become an integral part of our global community of readers and writers by donating today. No amount is too small. Thank you!

Issues