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The Common Magazine May 7, 2021

You Like to Have Some Cup of Tea?’ and Other Questions About Complicity and Place

Deborah Lindsay Williams

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Deborah Lindsay Williams speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her “‘You Like to Have Some Cup of Tea?’ and Other Questions About Complicity and Place,” which appears in Issue …

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The Common Magazine April 23, 2021

Her Borders Become Her

Fátima Policarpo

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Fátima Policarpo speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her essay “Her Borders Become Her,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. In this conversation, Policarpo talks about …
Literature April 9, 2021

A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy

Edgar Garbelotto

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Writer and translator Edgar Garbelotto speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. The story …
The Common Magazine March 26, 2021

Vigilância

Casey Walker

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Casey Walker speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “Vigilância,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. In this conversation, Walker talks about writing World …
The Common Magazine March 12, 2021

The Treasure Hunt of August Dias

Katherine Vaz

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Katherine Vaz speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her short story “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. In this conversation …
The Common Magazine February 26, 2021

Weeds and Flowers

Bina Shah

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Bina Shah speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her short story “Weeds and Flowers,” which appears in Issue 19 of The Common magazine. In this conversation, Shah talks about …
The Common Magazine February 12, 2021

Translations from Portuguese

Jethro Soutar

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Translator Jethro Soutar speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about three pieces he translated from Portuguese for Issue 20 of The Common magazine. These pieces appear in a special portfolio …
The Common Magazine February 1, 2021

Brother Love

Tanya Coke

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Tanya Coke is a lawyer, writer, and philanthropy executive at the Ford Foundation. She speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about “Brother Love,” her essay from Issue 19 of The …
The Common Magazine January 15, 2021

Stories from Sudan in Translation

Elisabeth Jaquette

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Translator Elisabeth Jaquette speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about four stories she translated from Arabic for Issue 19 of The Common magazine. These stories appear in a special portfolio …
The Common Magazine December 31, 2020

Operation Tamar

Omer Friedlander

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Writer Omer Friedlander speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Operation Tamar,” which appears in Issue 19 of The Common magazine. “Operation Tamar” is set in Israel …
The Common Magazine December 18, 2020

Offering

Tara Skurtu

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Tara Skurtu is an American poet and writer, writing coach, and public speaker. She speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about “Offering,” her poem from Issue 19 of The Common …
The Common Magazine December 4, 2020

Counsel

David Moloney

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Writer David Moloney speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Counsel,” which appears in Issue 19 of The Common magazine. “Counsel” is an excerpt from Moloney’s novel-in-stories, Barker …