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.
A Beautiful Birthday Cake
Richard Wilbur Reads
Irina Troconis, Catherine Ciepiela and Max Kaisler
Photos by: Eric Crawford.
NEWS AND EVENTS
The Common has announced Ben Tamburri ’27 as the 2026-27 David Applefield '78 Fellow, marking the fourth year of the fellowship at Amherst College’s award-winning, open-access literary journal.
NEWS AND EVENTS
The Common has announced Aidan Cooper ’26 as the 2026-27 Literary Editorial Fellow, marking the seventh year of the fellowship at Amherst College’s award-winning, open-access literary journal.
We are thrilled to announce that "The Hare,” written by Ismael Ramos and translated from the Galician by Jacob Rogers, and "Inês" by Joāo Pedro Vala have been selected for the O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction for 2026.
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