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January 2023 Poetry Feature

January 13, 2023 Poetry

New poems by our contributors TINA CANE, MYRONN HARDY, and MARC VINCENZ

Table of Contents:

            Tina Cane
                        —You Are Now Interacting as Yourself
                        —The Subject Line

Myronn Hardy
—Among Asters

Marc Vincenz
—An Empire in the Ground

You Are Now Interacting As Yourself
By TINA CANE

Sheila had IHOP     delivered to her apartment     in El Alto, NY
on January 6th     so she could kick back     self-proclaimed terrorist
that she is     and eat pancakes     while watching white supremacists
storm the Capital on T.V.     a coup

Cheetos and Rimbaud: An Interview with Tina Cane

November 14, 2022 Interviews

MATT MILLER interviews TINA CANE

Tina Cane’s Year of the Murder Hornet was published in spring of 2022 by Veliz Books. In this interview, Tina discusses her new collection with Matt Miller. Threaded through by grit and lyrical beauty, the book weaves survival, strength, and hope out of this pitched moment of American politics, the Coronavirus pandemic, and popular culture.

Breakfast of Champions

May 2, 2022 Issue 23, Issue 23 Poetry, Poetry

By TINA CANE

I woke up in a panic this morning thinking what if my love language

is granola? I found a quiz online but was too chicken to take it having had

Russian bots once read my face and place me alongside a woman holding a mango

or some bullshit in Gaugin
nothing exotic for me today

Issue 23 Virtual Launch Party

April 18, 2022 News and Events

The Common Spring Launch Party

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
5:00 pm
Via Zoom

On May 4th at 5pm EDT, join The Common for the virtual celebration of Issue 23! We welcome fiction writer Fernando Flores, poet Tina Cane, Palestinian writer Eyad Barghuthy, and Arabic translator Nashwa Gowanlock for brief readings and conversation about place, culture, and translation. The event will be hosted by the magazine’s editor in chief Jennifer Acker, in partnership with the Amherst College Creative Writing Center and Arts at Amherst Initiative.

Please Register in Advance for the Virtual Event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

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August 2021 Poetry Feature

August 26, 2021 Poetry

Enjoy these new poems by our contributors.

Table of Contents:

Tina Cane

–Essay on States

–Regime

Benjamin S. Grossberg

–Worshipping the Ancestors

Iain Twiddy

–Crack Willow

Handwork

October 29, 2018 Issue 16, Issue 16 Poetry, Podcasts & Audio, Poetry

By TINA CANE

Lucid dreaming is not a job but a steady occupation

I do not have a big dream they are only little dreams

and right now I cannot think of one

My father read the paper while my mother scrubbed the floor

I pay a woman $100 a week to help me keep my house clean

April 2018 Poetry Feature

April 27, 2018 Poetry

New work by our contributors TINA CANE and TOM PAINE

WORK by Tina Cane

I can’t stop horses as much as you can’t stop horses,”

“Other Horses,” Michael Klein

What is work but a horse is a beast to be one with the broom I bristle

toil tool and trade work is a poem I made is my children is family a broken

March 2017 Poetry Feature

April 20, 2017 Podcasts & Audio, Poetry

At The Common we’re welcoming spring with new poetry by our contributors. (Be sure to listen to the audio link to Megan Fernandes’ “White People Always Want to Tell Me…,” read by the author.)

January 2017 Poetry Feature

January 1, 2017 Poetry

NEW POETS for the NEW YEAR

Please welcome Holly Burdorff, John Davis Jr., Nicholas Friedman, and Matt Salyer—four poets who are new to our pages, and welcome back TC contributor Tina Cane, the new Poet Laureate of Rhode Island.

October 2016 Poetry Feature

October 17, 2016 Poetry

This month, we are featuring a collaboration between poet Tina Cane and visual artist Esther Solondz, in response to Elena Ferrante’s fiction. Their work in full will be featured in the book, Dear Elena: Letters for Elena Ferrante from Skillman Avenue Press in November.

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January 2023 Poetry Feature

Cheetos and Rimbaud: An Interview with Tina Cane

Breakfast of Champions

Issue 23 Virtual Launch Party

The Common Spring Launch Party

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August 2021 Poetry Feature

Handwork

April 2018 Poetry Feature

March 2017 Poetry Feature

January 2017 Poetry Feature

October 2016 Poetry Feature

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