If the curtain truly is falling, a final plea to the void: support/subscribe to lit mags. Some of the most exciting literature published in American can be found in their pages.

An excellent letter & thread carefully pointing out the reporting problems w this article. Jennie Spotila is too professional to say so, but New York Magazine has egg on its face. A correction is in order.

In 2021, 410 nonprofit literary orgs and publishers from 44 states, plus DC & Puerto Rico, served 8.9M ppl in person and 211.4M online. TY ⁦National Book Foundation⁩ ⁦Poetry Foundation⁩ ⁦CLMP⁩ for this data & report & esp your advocacy! (We need $) clmp.org/press-center/f…

So proud of these authors! Congratulations!!

FATIGUE by Jennifer Acker is an excellent Kindle short about how ME and the added challenge of her husband's disability affected the author's marriage. 8/14

Check out this old Contributors in Conversation podcast hosted by Steven Tagle. It features our editor-in-chief Jennifer Acker and contributor Stephen O'Connor! thecommononline.org/contributors-i…

We are shocked and saddened by the tragic deaths of the farmworkers in Half Moon Bay and will dedicate our forthcoming farmworkers' portfolio to the memory of these lives. The call for submissions has been extended to February 17. thecommononline.org/farmworker-wri…

Co-editor Miguel M. Morales #FarmworkerPortfolio is HERE! has been working w/ The Common on forthcoming issue from the farmworker community & in light of the Half Moon Bay tragedy, it'll now be dedicated to the memory of these lives. Any Asian American writers have stories? Deadline has been extended to 2/17 🧵👇

Recently attended amazing The Common online craft class by author, journalist, Guggenheim Fellow @AnnaBadkhen. Inspiring note, paraphrased: 'When I sit down & start writing I want to do something to shift, to disturb, to illuminate, to bridge.' That's the higher goal & calling!

So excited for these authors. Such a joy to work with all of them.

Wow do I love this essay on love and poetic form. Join @zeinabeck next week for a longer treatment of this theme. Still spaces left! thecommononline.org/craft-classes-…

My first lit mag story in 10 years is live at The Common! If you want to spend more time in #TheFamilyIzquierdo barrio and want to read a story about their neighbor Teddy and his spirit-seeing dog, check it and order a paper copy of this great issue! thecommononline.org/tag/ruben-dego…

It was a wonderful collaboration with Jennifer Acker, @nashwagowanlock, nariman youssef, Sawad Hussain, maia tabet and Laura Albast. The result: all these stories and art works from Kuwait int the latest issue of (the-one-and-only) The Common. Read/see it all: thecommononline.org/issues/issue-2…

So grateful for our Arabic translators! So dedicated and talented.

Don't miss this exciting conversation between Valeria Luiselli and TC editor in chief Jennifer Acker about home, migration, and untold stories: thecommononline.org/let-me-open-th…

This piece is a gift. Really conveys what fatigue/PEM is like and the challenge we face in improving people’s lives.

"Par excellence is THE LEGIBLE ELEMENT, Ralph Sneeden’s astonishing book of water-borne essays...Read just one page and beware of the undertow." —Jennifer Acker, author of THE LIMITS OF THE WORLD and editor at The Common. Learn more and order a copy today at bit.ly/44cqVx4!

Sometimes my favorite part of cover reveal day is the pun 😂

Actor, author, and recipient of the 2023 🏆Lambda Literary Award, Maulik Pancholy presents 📕‘Nikhil Out Loud’ a novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice, at a book reading panel during the IAAC Literary Festival 2023. Joining him is author

Excited to share our farmworker portfolio episode with Texas Public Radio, hosted by Yvette Benavides (Yvette Benavides 📚)! Listen now for interviews with Jennifer Acker, co-editor @trustmiguel, Nora Rodriguez Camagna, and readings from the portfolio. tpr.org/podcast/book-p…