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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!

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The Common to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

The Common literary journal is pleased to announce its eighth award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Arts Projects grant approved for 2024 is The Common’s largest NEA award to date and will support the journal in publishing and promoting place-based writing, fostering international connections, and expanding the audiences of emerging writers.

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Celebrate Issue 26 at Skylight Books in Los Angeles!

With so many California contributors to our Issue 26 farmworker portfolio, we had to have a West coast celebration! Join The Common for a celebration of writing and art from the seasonal, migrant, and immigrant farmworkers who power California’s vast food and agriculture systems.