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The Common (Magazine)

The Common is a nonprofit biannual magazine based at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The magazine publishes stories, poems, essays, and images centered around "a modern sense of place."

History
In early 2011, editor Jennifer Acker obtained an investment from Amherst College in a literary magazine focused on the motif of place in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual arts. Amherst College provided an on-campus office, a website, funding for start-up costs, and the budget for a staff of student interns.

Notable professors at the College, including William Pritchard and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur, serve on the editorial board. The Common launched its first issue, 01, in April 2011.

Content
The Common has published new fiction by Lauren Groff, Fiona Maazel, and Sabina Murray, poems by Rafael Campo, Don Share, Honor Moore, and Mary Jo Salter. The magazine has also published the work of debut writers, poets, and photographers.