The Common and Electra Street Bring Lauren Groff to Abu Dhabi

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 – 6:30pm
Location: 
NYU Abu Dhabi Garden
Electra Street, the NYU Abu Dhabi arts and humanities journal, and The Commoncollaborate this month to bring acclaimed author Lauren Groff (Arcadia) to Abu Dhabi for a reading and fiction master class. If you’re far away from the Middle East, join us in spirit by reading Lauren’s story “Exquisite Corpse” from Issue 01, now available online. For a fascinating take on UAE literary life, delve into “Abu Dhabi Reads Life of Pi” by Deborah Williams.
The Common and Electra Street Bring Lauren Groff to Abu Dhabi

Related Posts

The Common Issue 28 Cover: very dark blue-green-black background with white bar of soap and white suds

The Common’s Issue 28 Launch Party

Free and open to the public, wine and snacks will be provided.  Join The Common for the launch of Issue 28! We welcome four esteemed contributors who happen to be local: Disquiet Prize-winning poet Iqra Khan, MacArthur Fellow Brad Leithauser, environmental economist James K. Boyce, and fiction and essay writer Douglas Koziol. Issues will be available for purchase. We’ll have brief readings, a short Q&A, and lots of time to mingle!

The Common’s Issue 27 Launch Party

Free and open to the public, wine and snacks will be provided.  Join us for the launch of Issue 27 of The Common! We welcome essayist and AGNI editor Sven Birkerts, poet January Gill O'Neil, and fiction writer Jade Song. Issues will be available for purchase. We'll have brief readings, a short Q&A, and lots of time to mingle!

headshots of the authors reading at tc's festival of debut authors

Join us for the 2024 Festival of Debut Authors!

Join The Common's team on March 27th at 7pm for our 2024 Festival of Debut Authors, an evening devoted to emerging talents! This virtual celebration will highlight poets and prose writers Felice Belle, Jordan Escobar, Irina Hrinoschi, amika elfendi, Nina Perrotta and Shanna Tan.