First Issue Release!

Image of a graphic with all four headshots, saying: 2023 craft classes; join us for a series of illuminating craft classes on writing and translating formal poetry, editing your own work, and writing nonfiction on place and belonging.

Craft Classes: Translation, Nonfiction, Revision, and Poetic Form

Give your writing a boost this winter. Join The Common for a series of craft classes with these literary luminaries.

December 14, 2022

Image of Issue 23 cover (piece of toast on turquoise background).

Issue 23 Virtual Launch Party

Amherst College's award-winning literary magazine The Common celebrates the release of Issue 23 with authors from around the world. We welcome fiction writer Fernando Flores, poet Tina Cane, Palestinian writer Eyad Barghuthy, and Arabic translator Nashwa Gowanlock for brief readings and conversation.

April 18, 2022

Craft Masterclasses: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry & Translation

Give your writing a boost this spring. Join The Common for a series of craft classes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation with four literary luminaries.

March 16, 2022