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November 21, 2022
Klan Giant
TOMMYE BLOUNT
Look up here, the air is Aryan. The moon, / our white hood. Our life must loom large / above that which is darkened in our shadow. / A fate loomed long ago, ours // in the weft and warp of hems, / a lowered white curtain on this / re-coonstructed show
Look up here, the air is Aryan. The moon, / our white hood. Our life must loom large / above that which is darkened in our shadow. / A fate loomed long ago, ours // in the weft and warp of hems, / a lowered white curtain on this / re-coonstructed show
Writing from the 2022 Outpost Fellows
STEFFAN TRIPLETT
Once again, I am at the whims of the weather. This must become a daily practice. In fear of things getting hotter, I’ve made myself too cold. Cold in a literal and figurative sense. I’ll spare you any false pretense: every move I make anticipates a climatic future.
Once again, I am at the whims of the weather. This must become a daily practice. In fear of things getting hotter, I’ve made myself too cold. Cold in a literal and figurative sense. I’ll spare you any false pretense: every move I make anticipates a climatic future.
November 18, 2022
Podcast: Sindya Bhanoo on “Tsunami Bride”
SINDYA BHANOO
Food makes its way into many of my stories. I don’t do it consciously. But I am always trying to catch my characters during moments when they’re letting their guard down...and that often happens during mealtimes.
Food makes its way into many of my stories. I don’t do it consciously. But I am always trying to catch my characters during moments when they’re letting their guard down...and that often happens during mealtimes.
November 17, 2022
Present Tense Machine: A Review
OLGA ZILBERBOURG
In Present Tense Machine, Øyehaug offers us the opposite scenario: the connection between a mother and her child is severed completely by their lives splintering into parallel universes in which the other has been forgotten. Øyehaug’s narrator attempts to persuade us that even in this situation, the connection between a mother and a child would remain, however tenuous.
In Present Tense Machine, Øyehaug offers us the opposite scenario: the connection between a mother and her child is severed completely by their lives splintering into parallel universes in which the other has been forgotten. Øyehaug’s narrator attempts to persuade us that even in this situation, the connection between a mother and a child would remain, however tenuous.
November 15, 2022
A Photon Takes the Shortest Path
ALEX FOSTER
Every second, somewhere in the universe, a star explodes. All life within a trillion miles is condemned to apocalypse, all love forgotten. A supernova spits up a photon, a dribble of light, which rolls onward to another star. and another before its path is intercepted.
Every second, somewhere in the universe, a star explodes. All life within a trillion miles is condemned to apocalypse, all love forgotten. A supernova spits up a photon, a dribble of light, which rolls onward to another star. and another before its path is intercepted.
November 14, 2022
Cheetos and Rimbaud: An Interview with Tina Cane
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.
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.
November 11, 2022
Friday Reads: November 2022
SOFIA BELIMOVA
We launched Issue 24 last week, which features an exciting medley of writing: pieces about journalists and translators, forest fires and traveling icebergs, ghosts, cousins, and parents. Wondering what our contributors are reading? Check out their book recommendations below.
We launched Issue 24 last week, which features an exciting medley of writing: pieces about journalists and translators, forest fires and traveling icebergs, ghosts, cousins, and parents. Wondering what our contributors are reading? Check out their book recommendations below.
November 9, 2022
Room of Darkness
MONA KAREEM
I am of darkness. / My nation is an aging butterfly, / the desert my prayer. // I wash in rain's saliva. / In my supplications, the sun dances / on the tips of her toes.
I am of darkness. / My nation is an aging butterfly, / the desert my prayer. // I wash in rain's saliva. / In my supplications, the sun dances / on the tips of her toes.
November 7, 2022
The 2022 Author Postcard Auction is Open!
It's that time of year again: bid for a personalized, handwritten postcard from your favorite author in The Common's ninth annual author postcard auction! The personalization of the postcards makes them fantastic gifts, just in time for the holidays. Online bidding is open now, and closes at noon on November 30th.
Translation: The Men Go to War
TOMÁS DOWNEY
The afternoons no longer seem so long. Josefina is reading next to the woodstove. She almost feels okay in its orange light, the window covered in snow, her mug steaming. It’s still possible to get tea. Though it can be hard to find, tea is one of those things that never seems to run out.
The afternoons no longer seem so long. Josefina is reading next to the woodstove. She almost feels okay in its orange light, the window covered in snow, her mug steaming. It’s still possible to get tea. Though it can be hard to find, tea is one of those things that never seems to run out.
