Issue 12, Fall 2019 James Baldwin & American Democracy Eleven original essays exploring Baldwin’s elusive terrain between private and public, self and history
Issue 11, Summer 2019 Our Annual Best: “Chuck Berry’s Blues” The Common Reader’s print annual round-up.
Issue 6, Fall 2016 Mean Streets: Viewing the Divided City The Common Reader's Essays for the 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival
Issue 4, Winter 2016 Let Yourself Go: The Triumph of Popular Music How we listen and why we listen to music.