The Common: A Modern Sense of Place: Issue 14

The Common is a print and digital literary journal published biannually, in the fall and spring. Issues of The Common include short stories, essays, poems, and images that embody a strong sense of place. The Common Online publishes original content four times per week, including book reviews, interviews, personal essays, short dispatches, poetry, contributor podcasts and recordings, and multimedia features.

Based in Amherst, Massachusetts, the magazine is supported in part by Amherst College and The Common Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Common also runs the Literary Publishing Internship Program at Amherst College, mentoring students in all aspects of literary publishing, and hosts public programming regularly.

Issue No. 14 features work by Michael Byers, Kenan Orhan, Kirstin Allio, Adam Padgett, Lashonda Katrice Barnett, Josephine Rowe, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Susana Ferreira, Anya Ventura, Will Preston, Vievee Francis, James Hoch, L. S. Klatt, Maria Terrone, Nicholas Friedman, John Freeman, Colin Channer, Daniel Lawless, Daniel Tobin, Lawrence Raab, Mariam Williams, Fatimah Asghar, Loren Goodman, Matt Salyer, Mik Awake, Steve Barbaro, Alberto De Lacerda, Alison Prine, Nausheen Eusuf, Betsey Garand & Michael Mazur