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March 31, 2021
Joss
PATRICIA LIU
Paper is thin. In the beginning, still billows in the wind, still petal-like, still grounded in this world / of living. The incense is the only material that translates the viscera to mist. Early, the fog has not yet / lifted, and we move through the white drip as if through total darkness. Fish lost in the deep under- / water.
Paper is thin. In the beginning, still billows in the wind, still petal-like, still grounded in this world / of living. The incense is the only material that translates the viscera to mist. Early, the fog has not yet / lifted, and we move through the white drip as if through total darkness. Fish lost in the deep under- / water.
March 30, 2021
The Solidarity Book Project
SONYA CLARK
The Solidarity Book Project was envisioned by Professor of Art and Art History Sonya Clark ‘89, as one way for Amherst College, in its Bicentennial year, to recommit to a more equitable future by pushing against legacies of settler colonialism and anti-Black racism.
The Solidarity Book Project was envisioned by Professor of Art and Art History Sonya Clark ‘89, as one way for Amherst College, in its Bicentennial year, to recommit to a more equitable future by pushing against legacies of settler colonialism and anti-Black racism.
Solidarity Book Project
SONYA CLARK
The Solidarity Book Project was envisioned by Professor of Art and Art History Sonya Clark ‘89, as one way for Amherst College, in its Bicentennial year, to recommit to a more equitable future by pushing against legacies of settler colonialism and anti-Black racism.
The Solidarity Book Project was envisioned by Professor of Art and Art History Sonya Clark ‘89, as one way for Amherst College, in its Bicentennial year, to recommit to a more equitable future by pushing against legacies of settler colonialism and anti-Black racism.
March 26, 2021
Unique Craft Masterclasses with The Common
TC STAFF
Join The Common for a series of spring craft classes with literary luminaries. Each class is two hours long and includes: a craft talk and Q&A with the guest author; generative exercises and discussion shared in breakout sessions; a take-home list of readings and writing prompts; a free “Behind the Scenes” session (date TBD) about what literary magazine editors look for in submissions.
Join The Common for a series of spring craft classes with literary luminaries. Each class is two hours long and includes: a craft talk and Q&A with the guest author; generative exercises and discussion shared in breakout sessions; a take-home list of readings and writing prompts; a free “Behind the Scenes” session (date TBD) about what literary magazine editors look for in submissions.
Podcast: Casey Walker on “Vigilancia”
CASEY WALKER
Casey Walker speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “Vigilância,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
Casey Walker speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “Vigilância,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
March 25, 2021
March 2021 Poetry Feature: Sylvie Durbec
SYLVIE DURBEC
I still don’t know how to type a tilde on a computer keyboard / when writing the name of a Spanish or Portuguese writer I love. / Nor do I know what poetry is. / I don’t know whether we need it. Or not. / And what we really need here. / Elsewhere, water, bread, milk.
I still don’t know how to type a tilde on a computer keyboard / when writing the name of a Spanish or Portuguese writer I love. / Nor do I know what poetry is. / I don’t know whether we need it. Or not. / And what we really need here. / Elsewhere, water, bread, milk.
March 18, 2021
It Requires a Kind of Surrender: An Interview with Ananda Lima
ANANDA LIMA
When I was younger, I most often walked around without glasses, which meant that the world felt far away and always fuzzy. That presented challenges, but also had a lovely side to it—things that weren’t right in front of me acquired this dreamlike quality.
When I was younger, I most often walked around without glasses, which meant that the world felt far away and always fuzzy. That presented challenges, but also had a lovely side to it—things that weren’t right in front of me acquired this dreamlike quality.
March 17, 2021
Sam’s Super Burger
SIEW DAVID HII
As desegregation began in the ’60s and ’70s, many white residents of Mobile (previously living in downtown and midtown) migrated several miles to the west. Eventually, so many moved—in a futile attempt to escape the city’s growing racial diversity—they created a distinct sub-section of the city, West Mobile.
As desegregation began in the ’60s and ’70s, many white residents of Mobile (previously living in downtown and midtown) migrated several miles to the west. Eventually, so many moved—in a futile attempt to escape the city’s growing racial diversity—they created a distinct sub-section of the city, West Mobile.
March 16, 2021
Badge of Honor
SUSAN CHOI
The safety I felt with that older man didn’t surprise me at the time. What shocks me now is that my trust in that hoary scenario didn’t get broken. This was pure luck, as my survival of the car crash was luck. No one sets out to have a car crash with the idea it might do them good.
The safety I felt with that older man didn’t surprise me at the time. What shocks me now is that my trust in that hoary scenario didn’t get broken. This was pure luck, as my survival of the car crash was luck. No one sets out to have a car crash with the idea it might do them good.
March 12, 2021
Podcast: Katherine Vaz on “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias”
KATHERINE VAZ
Katherine Vaz speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her short story “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
Katherine Vaz speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her short story “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine.
