Jennifer Acker's Blog, page 22
July 3, 2024
Translation: to and back
HALYNA KRUK
I rode there – on sedatives, / back – on painkillers / there were no other routes // I felt so hurt, broken down / as if I could pierce the plane’s skin with my sharp edge, / the hotel interior looks perfect to the smallest detail, / and beautiful are the bodies of men and women, my interlocutors
I rode there – on sedatives, / back – on painkillers / there were no other routes // I felt so hurt, broken down / as if I could pierce the plane’s skin with my sharp edge, / the hotel interior looks perfect to the smallest detail, / and beautiful are the bodies of men and women, my interlocutors
June 27, 2024
The Common Announces 2024 Amazon Literary Partnership Grant
NEWS AND EVENTS
The Common is pleased to announce that it is among the 93 literary nonprofit organizations awarded a 2024 Literary Magazine Fund Grant by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund, in conjunction with the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses.
The Common is pleased to announce that it is among the 93 literary nonprofit organizations awarded a 2024 Literary Magazine Fund Grant by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund, in conjunction with the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses.
June 2024 Poetry Feature: New Poems by Our Contributors
KATE GASKIN
We were at a long table, candles flickering in the breeze, / outside on the deck that overlooks the bay, which was black / and tinseled where moonlight fell on the wrinkled silk / of reflected stars shivering with the water.
We were at a long table, candles flickering in the breeze, / outside on the deck that overlooks the bay, which was black / and tinseled where moonlight fell on the wrinkled silk / of reflected stars shivering with the water.
June 21, 2024
Friday Reads: June 2024
FRIDAY READS
In this edition of Friday Reads, our editors and contributors share what they're reading this summer, with recommendations in an array of genres and topics fit for the park, a road trip, a cool refuge from the heat, or whatever other adventures the season may have in store.
In this edition of Friday Reads, our editors and contributors share what they're reading this summer, with recommendations in an array of genres and topics fit for the park, a road trip, a cool refuge from the heat, or whatever other adventures the season may have in store.
June 18, 2024
Weekly Writes 2024: Committin’ to Get It Written!
Weekly Writes is a ten-week program designed to help you create original place-based writing, beginning July 29. We're offering both poetry AND prose, in two separate programs. What do you want to prioritize this summer?
June 13, 2024
Museum Ice (Extended Dance Mix)
AMALIA GLADHART
B had turned thirteen that fall, ready to join Anna on a trip that was part research, part treat and adventure, the first time they had left the country together, alone. A few days in Rosario (a university lecture, an interview with a playwright), the long bus to Buenos Aires.
B had turned thirteen that fall, ready to join Anna on a trip that was part research, part treat and adventure, the first time they had left the country together, alone. A few days in Rosario (a university lecture, an interview with a playwright), the long bus to Buenos Aires.
June 12, 2024
Para-
MARY LEAUNA CHRISTENSEN
As a child, I watched horror movie after horror movie. An attempt to make myself brave or to make others think I was. And now, I fear I’m manipulative because how much can a person really change.
As a child, I watched horror movie after horror movie. An attempt to make myself brave or to make others think I was. And now, I fear I’m manipulative because how much can a person really change.
June 11, 2024
Nadryw | Feeling Language
JONË ZHITIA
I never fled into exile, I was born into exile. My only home is the autobahn between Germany and Kosovo. Dissecting: Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Montenegro—depending on which route you take. None of these countries is home to me.
I never fled into exile, I was born into exile. My only home is the autobahn between Germany and Kosovo. Dissecting: Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Montenegro—depending on which route you take. None of these countries is home to me.
June 9, 2024
Return to One’s Roots, Return to a Person, Return to Oneself: Vika Mujumdar Interviews Susana Praver-Pérez
SUSANA PRAVER-PÉREZ in conversation with VIKA MUJUMDAR
Sometimes the word is in a different language than the base language of a poem, and I try to make it understandable in the context of the poem. I find when you’re writing within a certain context you need to employ language that reflects that cultural context.
Sometimes the word is in a different language than the base language of a poem, and I try to make it understandable in the context of the poem. I find when you’re writing within a certain context you need to employ language that reflects that cultural context.
June 1, 2024
Fee-Free Submission Period
Inspired by the mission and role of the town common, an egalitarian gathering place, The Common aims to foster the global exchange of diverse ideas and experiences. In an effort to remove barriers to access, The Common will open for fee-free submissions for two weeks.
