Jen­nifer Ack­er is founder and edi­tor in chief of The Com­mon. Her writ­ing has appeared in the Wash­ing­ton Post, Lit­er­ary Hub, n+1, The Yale Review, and Ploughshares, among oth­er places. Ack­er has an MFA from the Ben­ning­ton Writ­ing Sem­i­nars; she teach­es writ­ing and edit­ing and orga­nizes Lit­Fest at Amherst College.