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October 22, 2018
Samuel Miranda: Poetry and Art
SAMUEL MIRANDA
When I am unsure of who I am/ I pick up my dominos/ and search out el reverendo / Pedro Pietri / so we can pray for clarity.
When I am unsure of who I am/ I pick up my dominos/ and search out el reverendo / Pedro Pietri / so we can pray for clarity.
October 21, 2018
Offstage, Christ
KRISTINA FAUST
At the meal with the earnest centurion and the woman full of pain, he wanted to say the lamb was delicious. It surprised him to love it as much as he did the blinking gaze of the newly sighted, but to say so didn’t suit the narrative that was running through his fingers like water.
At the meal with the earnest centurion and the woman full of pain, he wanted to say the lamb was delicious. It surprised him to love it as much as he did the blinking gaze of the newly sighted, but to say so didn’t suit the narrative that was running through his fingers like water.
October 19, 2018
The Common Issue 16 Press Release
The Fall Issue Recognizes the Vibrancy and Resilience of Puerto Rican Writers and Artists in the Aftermath of Hurricane María.
Friday Reads: October 2018
Curated by: SARAH WHELAN October Friday Reads has arrived, which means Issue 16 is not far behind! This month, check out reading suggestions from a selection of contributors from this month’s upcoming issue. Then, be sure to subscribe to get Issue 16 in your mailbox. Recommendations: Shameless Woman by Magdalena Gómez, Gentrification of the Mind:
October 16, 2018
Breaking Night
WILLIE PERDOMO
In that year of a shot to the head where were you the first time you broke night? /
When you break night, you learn that one puff, under the right circumstance, can give you the right perspective. /
You learn to pick up stories that fall & slip on the right side of knowing.
In that year of a shot to the head where were you the first time you broke night? /
When you break night, you learn that one puff, under the right circumstance, can give you the right perspective. /
You learn to pick up stories that fall & slip on the right side of knowing.
October 11, 2018
Blaenavon
RALPH SNEEDEN
We thought it was just going to be a tour of the defunct coal mine’s aboveground facility, which was already troubling enough...
We thought it was just going to be a tour of the defunct coal mine’s aboveground facility, which was already troubling enough...
October 10, 2018
Hot Potato
LEATH TONINO
When I walked into the post office, there he was, smiling a huge smile, a front tooth missing, that empty space where the tooth should have been locking my gaze. He’s in his fifties, maybe his sixties, with a fuzzy gray beard and a buzzed head.
When I walked into the post office, there he was, smiling a huge smile, a front tooth missing, that empty space where the tooth should have been locking my gaze. He’s in his fifties, maybe his sixties, with a fuzzy gray beard and a buzzed head.
October 9, 2018
TC Alumni Spotlight: JinJin Xu
JINJIN XU
It was a year overwhelmed with care, trust, and community, where I found the world giving me the people I needed—did not know I needed—in whatever strange and unexpected situation I found myself in.
It was a year overwhelmed with care, trust, and community, where I found the world giving me the people I needed—did not know I needed—in whatever strange and unexpected situation I found myself in.
Alumni Spotlight: JinJin Xu
Curated by: SARAH WHELAN This month, enjoy a new feature that celebrates the wonderful former interns and employees that have worked at The Common over the years. Though we miss seeing them everyday, we’re continually impressed by what they go on to accomplish. This month, we’re catching up with former Editorial Assistant JinJin Xu, an
October 8, 2018
Books Can Help Us Feel Seen: an interview with Crystal Hana Kim
CRYSTAL HANA KIM
This sense of removal spurs me to write more about my history. I write to understand and investigate.
This sense of removal spurs me to write more about my history. I write to understand and investigate.
