WEBJul 15, 2016 · Issues | The Common. Current Issue: 27. A special portfolio of Arabic fiction from Chad, South Sudan, and Eritrea; short stories from Cairo, Taiwan, and New Mexico; essays on memory, youth, and desire; and poems on history, love, and friendship from Cortney Lamar Charleston, Eleanor Stanford, January Gill O’Neil, Leila Chatti, and more.