New York wraps itself
in pea coats.
The trees match the colors
of the taxis,
and the ramblings
of cell phones
Another Autumn
September 3, 2014
Dispatches
Sorting through a Dream World: An Interview with Valerie Duff
September 1, 2014
Interviews
MARNI BERGER interviews VALERIE DUFF
Valerie Duff is the author of the poetry collection To the New World. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Prague Revue, Ploughshares, Blackbox Manifold, Poetry Northeast, AGNI, Gulf Coast, and Issue 07 of The Common. She is poetry editor of Salamander Magazine. Marni Berger and Valerie Duff spoke long distance this summer about Mexico City, Virginia, Boston, and writing poetry as if you’re sorting through a dream world.
AWP Writers Conference in Minneapolis
August 22, 2014
News and Events
Event Date:
Thursday, April 9, 2015 – 9:00am – Saturday, April 11, 2015 – 11:59pm
Location:
Minneapolis Convention Center & Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Are you attending AWP this year? Join our Facebook Group to stay updated on our events!
The Common will host a booth at AWP 2015 from April 9-11. Visit us at Booth 923!
Editor in Chief Jennifer Acker will also be speaking at two panels at AWP 2015: “Pinning Editors Down: Lit Mag Fiction Editors Define What Works” and “Periodically Speaking: How to Bring Lit Mags into the Classroom.” Stay tuned for more details.
Brooklyn Book Festival
August 18, 2014
News and Events
Event Date:
Sunday, September 21, 2014 – 10:00am – 6:00pm
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
The Common will share a booth with Restless Books at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 21st (rain or shine). Visit us at Booth 205!
Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. One of America’s premier book festivals, this hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival’s lively literary marketplace. [Click here for more information]
Ask a Local: Caitlin Horrocks, Grand Rapids, MI
August 14, 2014
Interviews
With CAITLIN HORROCKS
Your name: Caitlin Horrocks
Current city or town: Grand Rapids, Michigan
How long have you lived here? Almost seven years
Yoshida and Tanaka
August 13, 2014
Dispatches
By CHRIS KELSEY
Each day during my week in Yokohama I played a game with Yoshida and Tanaka. They were responsible for the cleanliness of rooms on at least the 14th floor of a towering, fan-shaped, waterfront hotel. I was there for a geotechnical engineering conference.
Contributors in Conversation: Paula Bohince and Joshua Mehigan
August 10, 2014
Podcasts & Audio
In this episode of The Common’s Contributors in Conversation podcast, Issue 06 contributors Paula Bohince and Joshua Mehigan read and discuss Bohince’s “The Nature of a Hedge” and Mehigan’s “How Strange, How Sweet.”
Contributors in Conversation: Sarah Smarsh and Jonathan Moody
August 9, 2014
Podcasts & Audio
In this episode of The Common’s Contributors in Conversation podcast, Issue 08 contributors Sarah Smarsh and Jonathan Moody read and discuss Smarsh’s essay “Death of the Farm Family” and Moody’s poem “Dear 2Pac.”
Shatt Ghandoor
August 6, 2014
Dispatches
In Aqaba City, on the Red Sea, between the stretches of swanky apartments and big names hotels is a tiny squeeze of shore called Shatt Ghandoor (Ghandoor Beach). On Fridays and holidays, Ghandoor is a picnic ground, amusement park, beach, and public bath all in one.
Arm-Wrestling Alexander Pope: An Interview with Murray Farish
August 5, 2014
Interviews
S. TREMAINE NELSON interviews MURRAY FARISH
Murray Farish’s short stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, Epoch, Roanoke Review, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives with his wife and two sons in St. Louis, Missouri, where he teaches writing and literature at Webster University. Inappropriate Behavior is his debut short story collection. Murray answered the following questions via email.
