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April 15, 2021
11 Questions with Richard Ford
ALEXANDER BISLEY interviews RICHARD FORD
My writing process hasn't changed since 1982. I still do things the very same way I've always done them, which is a rather draconian immersion in raw material. Which is what I figured out how to do what I started writing The Sportswriter, and it seems to set me up to write the book I want to write each time.
My writing process hasn't changed since 1982. I still do things the very same way I've always done them, which is a rather draconian immersion in raw material. Which is what I figured out how to do what I started writing The Sportswriter, and it seems to set me up to write the book I want to write each time.
April 14, 2021
Nights of a Thousand Candles
EMMA AYLOR
There are probably more candles than that, in fact, / but only half glow; the rest float dumbly, arranged / in their circular pools, rain specked inside the glass. / An unlit candle at night smacks of abandon.
There are probably more candles than that, in fact, / but only half glow; the rest float dumbly, arranged / in their circular pools, rain specked inside the glass. / An unlit candle at night smacks of abandon.
April 13, 2021
The Common’s Issue 21 Launch Party
On May 6th at 7pm EDT, join The Common for the virtual launch of Issue 21! Contributors Aleksandar Hemon, Celeste Mohammed, Abdelaziz Errachidi, and translator Nariman Youssef will join us from all around the world for brief readings, followed by conversation about place, culture, and translation, hosted by the magazine’s editor in chief Jennifer Acker. This
Seven Corners, Pennsylvania—
TYLER BARTON
We drove ourselves in circles telling stories of how she saved our lives. Where else are myths made but in dark diner corners? That long bulb flickering overhead. Gaunt faces reflected in the glass. Stomachs dumb with syrup. Waitresses tamping down our every need.
We drove ourselves in circles telling stories of how she saved our lives. Where else are myths made but in dark diner corners? That long bulb flickering overhead. Gaunt faces reflected in the glass. Stomachs dumb with syrup. Waitresses tamping down our every need.
April 9, 2021
Podcast: Edgar Garbelotto on “A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy”
EDGAR GARBELOTTO
Writer and translator Edgar Garbelotto speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
Writer and translator Edgar Garbelotto speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
April 7, 2021
To Autumn: Reading Keats in Pandemic Winter
NAILA MOREIRA
I’ve never felt so close to death as in the moment of birthing my baby. A hole into the blackness of the universe seemed to yawn, confronting me with the boundary between nothing and identity, the void from which we yank the stuff of emergent life.
I’ve never felt so close to death as in the moment of birthing my baby. A hole into the blackness of the universe seemed to yawn, confronting me with the boundary between nothing and identity, the void from which we yank the stuff of emergent life.
April 6, 2021
Pushcart Prize Editors Nominate 8 Pieces from The Common
TC STAFF
We are excited to announce that the Pushcart Prize's contributing editors have nominated a number of pieces from The Common! The Pushcart Prize celebrates outstanding works of literature produced by small-press writers; each of these nominations are exceptional works of art that take fresh and memorable perspectives on the modern sense of place.
We are excited to announce that the Pushcart Prize's contributing editors have nominated a number of pieces from The Common! The Pushcart Prize celebrates outstanding works of literature produced by small-press writers; each of these nominations are exceptional works of art that take fresh and memorable perspectives on the modern sense of place.
April 5, 2021
The Common Young Writers Program Opens Applications for Summer 2021
Applications are now open for The Common Young Writers Program, which offers two two-week summer classes for high school students (rising 9-12). Students will be introduced to the building blocks of fiction and learn to read with a writer's gaze.
April 2, 2021
April 2021 Friday Reads
Curated by ISABEL MEYERS
Amidst the warmer days and rainy weather, we at The Common are busy preparing to release our spring issue. In this month’s Friday Reads, we’re hearing from our Issue 21 contributors on what books have been inspiring and encouraging them through the long, dark winter.
Amidst the warmer days and rainy weather, we at The Common are busy preparing to release our spring issue. In this month’s Friday Reads, we’re hearing from our Issue 21 contributors on what books have been inspiring and encouraging them through the long, dark winter.
April 1, 2021
Reina María Rodríguez: Poems in Translation
REINA MARÍA RODRÍGUEZ
Naturally, Flaubert’s parrot / could not be called Chucho, / his author wouldn’t stick him / with a name like that. / From which follows the importance of names. / But in the stories last night / —the reconstruction of a postcard / which we were creating to / resemble Christmas— / chess pieces / nearly dismembered / in the children’s hands / before midnight.
Naturally, Flaubert’s parrot / could not be called Chucho, / his author wouldn’t stick him / with a name like that. / From which follows the importance of names. / But in the stories last night / —the reconstruction of a postcard / which we were creating to / resemble Christmas— / chess pieces / nearly dismembered / in the children’s hands / before midnight.
