First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

Kei Lim Talks to Gabriele Wilson About the Process Behind Crafting the Magazine's Visual Identity

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The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

By Tatiana de Rosnay | June 9, 2025

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

By Hala Alyan | June 9, 2025

“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

Erica Stern Considers a Traumatic Birth and the Many That Came Before

By Erica Stern | June 9, 2025

Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

Miriam Gershow Recommends Zoe Heller, Emily St. James, Jim Shepherd and More

By Miriam Gershow | June 9, 2025

Shelley Read on Quieting the Mind

Shelley Read on Quieting the Mind

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 9, 2025

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Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

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Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

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Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

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Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

“Poetics,” a Poem by Aaron Shurin

“Poetics,” a Poem by Aaron Shurin

From the Collection “Elixir: New and Selected Poems”

By Aaron Shurin | June 6, 2025

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

In Abbott's new thriller, three sisters in Grosse Pointe get drawn into an 'investment club.'

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Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

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Bridget Crocker on the Importance of Listening to the Voice of the Natural World

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