The Common
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The Common is a print and online literary magazine publishing stories, essays, poetry, and art with a modern sense of place. Based at Amherst College, we highlight writers and work from around the world.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Vendela Vida fans, this is for you! Enter the postcard auction to win a personalized note from the mind behind The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty. Bid today!
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Calling all Hanif Abdurraqib fans! If you or someone you know is as obsessed with his work as we are, check out our postcard auction for a chance to win a personalized note from him! Click the link below to bid, but be quick: the auction closes December 1st!
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November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Calling all Hanif Abdurraqib fans! If you or someone you know is as obsessed with his work as we are, check out our postcard auction for a chance to win a personalized note from him! Click the link below to bid, but be quick: the auction closes December 1st!
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Can't stop listening to Craig Finn's new album, Always Been? Enter our Postcard Auction for the chance to win a personalized handwritten note from the frontman of The Hold Steady! Place your bid at: buff.ly/jDYIFec
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Make your holiday season extra special with a one-of-a-kind personalized postcard from O. Henry Award-winning author, Manuel Muñoz. Place your bid today! buff.ly/YcTTczg
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Calling all Charmaine Wilkerson fans! Before December 1st, consider bidding in The Common's Postcard Auction for a personalized note from an author! Perfect for the holiday season, for yourself or for another Wilkerson fan in your life.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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If you loved Jen Hatmaker's new best-selling memoir, Awake, be sure to check out our Author Postcard Auction! Enter now for the chance to win a personalized postcard from Jen herself! Place your bids on Jen and other best-selling and award-winning authors at buff.ly/SGQUzc6
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you loved Jen Hatmaker's new best-selling memoir, Awake, be sure to check out our Author Postcard Auction! Enter now for the chance to win a personalized postcard from Jen herself! Place your bids on Jen and other best-selling and award-winning authors at buff.ly/SGQUzc6
If you're a fan of Longbourn, we have something else you might be a fan of: a personalized postcard from author Jo Baker @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social! Click the link below for a chance to get a unique and personal holiday gift!
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Receive a handwritten note from bestselling author Jo Baker.
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If you're a fan of Longbourn, we have something else you might be a fan of: a personalized postcard from author Jo Baker @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social! Click the link below for a chance to get a unique and personal holiday gift!
Readers who grew up with The House on Mango Street—or grew into it—here’s your chance to receive a personal postcard from Sandra Cisneros. A rare, intimate keepsake from a writer whose work has been a home to so many. Bid before Dec 1. Link below.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Readers who grew up with The House on Mango Street—or grew into it—here’s your chance to receive a personal postcard from Sandra Cisneros. A rare, intimate keepsake from a writer whose work has been a home to so many. Bid before Dec 1. Link below.
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If you're a fan of The Sympathizer, you're in luck! This holiday season, treat yourself with a personalized postcard from bestselling author Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social. Click the link below for more information!
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Receive a handwritten note from Viet Thanh Nguyen: Vietnamese-American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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If you're a fan of The Sympathizer, you're in luck! This holiday season, treat yourself with a personalized postcard from bestselling author Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social. Click the link below for more information!
Join us in uplifting immigrant stories that remind us of our common humanity.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us in uplifting immigrant stories that remind us of our common humanity.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Julia Alvarez (@writerjalvarez.bsky.social) is one of the world's most prominent novelists and poets working today! Through our Author Postcard Auction, you could win a personalized note from her—just in time for the holiday season! Place your bids before December 1st at buff.ly/9ULqmOz
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Julia Alvarez (@writerjalvarez.bsky.social) is one of the world's most prominent novelists and poets working today! Through our Author Postcard Auction, you could win a personalized note from her—just in time for the holiday season! Place your bids before December 1st at buff.ly/9ULqmOz
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November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of nearly thirty novels and collections.
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Receive a handwritten note from novelist Elizabeth Strout, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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Love Olive Kitteridge? Grab a personalized postcard from beloved author Elizabeth Strout @lizstrout.bsky.social before time runs out. Click the link below and treat yourself to a one-of-a-kind holiday gift!
“I am eating one strawberry—for the sick brother, / another, smaller one—for the son"
[IT FELT LIKE BLOOD] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings, is a visceral poem featured in our Issue 30 Art & Poetry from Ukraine Portfolio, available online now. buff.ly/gCOrytd
[IT FELT LIKE BLOOD] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings, is a visceral poem featured in our Issue 30 Art & Poetry from Ukraine Portfolio, available online now. buff.ly/gCOrytd
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“I am eating one strawberry—for the sick brother, / another, smaller one—for the son"
[IT FELT LIKE BLOOD] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings, is a visceral poem featured in our Issue 30 Art & Poetry from Ukraine Portfolio, available online now. buff.ly/gCOrytd
[IT FELT LIKE BLOOD] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings, is a visceral poem featured in our Issue 30 Art & Poetry from Ukraine Portfolio, available online now. buff.ly/gCOrytd
Carmen Maria Machado is one of the wonderful authors in this year’s Postcard Auction. You can bid on a personalized postcard from the National Book Award finalist today! buff.ly/sE9j40e
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Carmen Maria Machado is one of the wonderful authors in this year’s Postcard Auction. You can bid on a personalized postcard from the National Book Award finalist today! buff.ly/sE9j40e
Patrick Ryan fans know the pleasure of a story that sneaks up on you—funny until it’s not, tender before you realize it. Now you can bring a bit of that magic to your mailbox with a handwritten postcard from him. Auction closes Dec 1--bid below!
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Patrick Ryan fans know the pleasure of a story that sneaks up on you—funny until it’s not, tender before you realize it. Now you can bring a bit of that magic to your mailbox with a handwritten postcard from him. Auction closes Dec 1--bid below!
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And each stumbled at only one point in the interview: a delicate segment, something unprecedented, which none of these bridal candidates had ever been asked by the families of any potential suitors.
AJ Bermudez' The Sixteenth Brother is a lush tale of family and betrayal. Issue 30.
AJ Bermudez' The Sixteenth Brother is a lush tale of family and betrayal. Issue 30.
The Sixteenth Brother
A. J. BERMUDEZ <br> Now, Khalida notes, here’s where it gets interesting. She explains that, under Moroccan inheritance law, the vote on what to do with a property must be unanimous among…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And each stumbled at only one point in the interview: a delicate segment, something unprecedented, which none of these bridal candidates had ever been asked by the families of any potential suitors.
AJ Bermudez' The Sixteenth Brother is a lush tale of family and betrayal. Issue 30.
AJ Bermudez' The Sixteenth Brother is a lush tale of family and betrayal. Issue 30.
Poetry readers who crave fire, softness, and myth in the same line—Natalie Diaz is in our Author Postcard Auction this year. A rare chance to hold a few words written directly by a poet whose work feels like ceremony. Bid before Dec 1. Link below.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Poetry readers who crave fire, softness, and myth in the same line—Natalie Diaz is in our Author Postcard Auction this year. A rare chance to hold a few words written directly by a poet whose work feels like ceremony. Bid before Dec 1. Link below.
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Time's running out! Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social writes in soaring lyrical prose, and now that prose can arrive right to your doorstep. Until December 1st, bid in our postcard auction for a chance to win a personal note from this titan of contemporary writing.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Time's running out! Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social writes in soaring lyrical prose, and now that prose can arrive right to your doorstep. Until December 1st, bid in our postcard auction for a chance to win a personal note from this titan of contemporary writing.
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Rabih Alameddine is the author of An Unnecessary Woman, The Wrong End Of The Telescope, and one of the writers participating in our Postcard Auction. Place your bid today for a one-of-a-kind gift for the holidays!
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November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Rabih Alameddine is the author of An Unnecessary Woman, The Wrong End Of The Telescope, and one of the writers participating in our Postcard Auction. Place your bid today for a one-of-a-kind gift for the holidays!
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If you’re like us and couldn’t put down The Corrections, Crossroads, and Purity, you now have the chance to win a handwritten, personalized postcard from author Jonathan Franzen in this year’s Postcard Auction. Bid today! buff.ly/HRXPD6E
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you’re like us and couldn’t put down The Corrections, Crossroads, and Purity, you now have the chance to win a handwritten, personalized postcard from author Jonathan Franzen in this year’s Postcard Auction. Bid today! buff.ly/HRXPD6E
"Indifference is far more efficient / than fission or fusion / as a weapon of mass destruction"
In a call against apathy, James Richardson's poignant poem unsettles our tendency to disengage with the world.
In a call against apathy, James Richardson's poignant poem unsettles our tendency to disengage with the world.
The Latest in Defense
JAMES RICHARDSON <br> Indifference is far more efficient / than fission or fusion / as a weapon of mass destruction, / and far less problematic / than uranium or tritium / to procure, occurring, / as…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Indifference is far more efficient / than fission or fusion / as a weapon of mass destruction"
In a call against apathy, James Richardson's poignant poem unsettles our tendency to disengage with the world.
In a call against apathy, James Richardson's poignant poem unsettles our tendency to disengage with the world.
Quinn fans, assemble: if you’ve ever fallen down a research rabbit hole because Kate Quinn made you obsessed with codebreakers, spies, or ancient empresses, here’s your next treasure. Bid on a personalized postcard from Kate Quinn before Dec 1! Link below.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Quinn fans, assemble: if you’ve ever fallen down a research rabbit hole because Kate Quinn made you obsessed with codebreakers, spies, or ancient empresses, here’s your next treasure. Bid on a personalized postcard from Kate Quinn before Dec 1! Link below.
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