The Common Magazine Podcast
1) Jennifer Acker “On 15 Years of The Common” (The Common, Fall 2025)
Jennifer Acker, founder and editor in chief of The Common, speaks to Emily Everett about her essay “On 15 Years of The Common,” which appears in The Common’s recent fall issue. The piece is a reflecti...Show More
2) Sarah Smarsh, "Bone of the Bone: Essays on America from a Daughter of the Working Class" (Scribner, 2024)
National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her career writing memoir, essays, and journalism centered on the experience of the rural working class in the U...Show More
3) Lily Lloyd Burkhalter, "Raffia Memory," The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Lily Lloyd Burkhalter speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her essay “Raffia Memory,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. Lily talks about traveling to the Cameroon Grassfields to res...Show More
Lily Lloyd Burkhalter, "Raffia Memory," The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
31:22 | Aug 29th, 2025
4) Mariah Rigg, "Target Island," The Common (Spring, 2025)
Mariah Rigg speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Target Island,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. “Target Island” is a story from her short story collection Extinction C...Show More
5) Pria Anand "The Elephant's Child" The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Pria Anand speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “The Elephant’s Child,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. The piece is a vivid retelling of a Hindu myth, the origin story ...Show More
6) Lucas Schaefer, "Tuesday" The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Lucas Schaefer speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Tuesday,” which appears in The Common’s brand new spring issue. “Tuesday” is an excerpt from his novel The Slip, out June 3 from...Show More
7) Michael David Lukas, "More to the Story," The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
Michael David Lukas speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his essay “More to the Story,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. Michael talks about his writing process for the essay, which ...Show More
Michael David Lukas, "More to the Story," The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
34:37 | Mar 28th, 2025
8) Gray Davidson Carroll, "Silent Spring," The Common magazine
Poet Gray Davidson Carroll speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about their poem “Silent Spring,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. Gray talks about poetry as a way to witness and observe t...Show More
9) Julia Sanches, "The Advice," The Common magazine
Translator Julia Sanches speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about translating “The Advice,” a story by Irene Pujadas, which appears in The Common’s fall issue in a portfolio of writing by contemp...Show More
10) Megan Tennant, "Little Women," The Common magazine
Megan Tennant speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Little Women,” which appears in The Common’s brand new fall issue. Megan talks about the process of writing and revising this sto...Show More