Our May ‘26 roundup includes the fourth bilingual volume by one of Fernando Pessoa’s storied heteronyms, an unpredictable debut novel that questions dominant trauma narratives, two poetry collections that meditate on fatherhood & survival, & much more. nereview.com/may-26-readi...

The online preview of NER 47.2 is live and ready to be savored! Experience excerpts from our international folio "Brazilian Badlands: Seven Women Writing the Brazilian Northeast," guest edited by Bruna Dantas Lobato; rewarding poetry & prose; & much more. nereview.com/issue/vol-47...

"Though 'The Manifest' is my poem of Idaho written in Idaho, someone else wrote Idaho long ago . . ." In our latest Writer's Notebook feature, poet Oscar Oswald interrogates systems of authority and reveals the origins of his poem "The Manifest," from NER 47.1. nereview.com/writers-note...

Read an interview with Jane Bernstein in @newenglandreview.bsky.social this #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth! Bernstein discusses public tragedies, the myth of closure, and her essay “I’m Thinking About My Sister, Fifty-Eight Years After She Was Murdered.” nereview.com/jane-bernste...

In our last Behind the Byline feature for issue 47.1, staff reader Dana Lynch speaks with writer Elizabeth Lee on untranslatable language, the parasocial nature of mukbangs, and crafting a self-conscious point of view in her story "AYCE." Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...

We're thrilled to reveal the artwork for our summer issue (47.2): High Tide by Gustavo Amaral, courtesy of the artist. Issue 47.2 is now at the printer & our online preview will launch next week. Don't miss this red-hot issue—order single copies & subscriptions here: www.middstore.com/ner/

In our latest Behind the Byline feature, staff reader Thomas Nath talks with poet Ama Codjoe about intimacy, the potency of childhood, and the uses of memory in her sonnet sequence from NER 47.1. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/ama-codjoe/

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Zara Karschay talks with writer José Orduña about ambiguity, refracting the immigrant experience, and the question of fate in his story "Night Blindness" from NER 47.1. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...

“In his version, I tell Sam he won’t ever have sex with another woman, so he sleeps with the first willing candidate to prove otherwise.” —Elizabeth Lee’s “AYCE,” featured in the @newenglandreview.bsky.social & our #APAHeritageMonth reading list: nereview.com/article/ayce/

We're looking for a new poetry editor! This is an independent contractor position, hired through Middlebury College. Applications will be accepted through June 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here: newenglandreview.submittable.com/.../poetry-e...

"The threat that translation should pose is the kind good comedy poses—it punches up, not laterally or downwards." Introducing the fourth installment of our Staging Style craft essay series, "Species of Attention: On Translation" by Conor Bracken. nereview.com/staging-styl...

“Subramanyam Vedam, forty-year resident of the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, didn’t cause my dreams, which have recurred…” Read an excerpt of Gopal Balachandran’s “The Trials of Subu Vedam” in @newenglandreview.bsky.social #APAHeritageMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Meera Vijayann talks with NER 47.1 author Hasanthika Sirisena about rethinking relationships, the differences between public and private sex, and the research that led to her essay “Castaway.” Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...

Our April ‘26 roundup includes a piercing yet meditative sequence of poetry, an intoxicating dramatic novel set in the world of New York City’s elite, a hilarious and mystical novel by Iceland’s Nobel Laureate, & much more. Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/april-26-rea...

In the latest installment of our "NER Interns: Where Are They Now?" series, editorial intern Regan Olusegun ’26 talks with former NER intern Paulina Choh ‘16 about returning to academia, applying her editorial experience, & the power of hands-on learning. nereview.com/where-are-th...

Our new “Literature & Democracy” feature includes 3 poems by Elyas Alavi, translated by Sholeh Wolpé, & a conversation between them in which they discuss the impact of exile & the lessons that can be learned from displacement, adversity, & fortitude of the spirit. nereview.com/literature-a...

We're looking for a new managing editor! This full-time position plays a central, collaborative role in the production & promotion of NER, including print & digital publications, events, & student experiences. Applications are due 5/1. Learn more & apply here: apply.workable.com/middleburyco...

In our first Behind the Byline feature for issue 47.1, staff reader Autumn Mitchell talks with author Ranbir Sidhu about subjectivity, the racial politics of failure, and rejecting self-commodification in his essay "The Art of Failure." Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...

NER & the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference are thrilled to announce the selection of Abigail Dembo as the recipient of the 12th annual New England Review Award for Emerging Writers. Abigail's poems “The Night and its Boat,” “Later,” & “The Handcart” appeared in NER 46.3-4. Congratulations to Abigail!

NER ULYSSES READING SERIES April 30 @ 7:00 PM EST Humanities House (115 Franklin St.) Middlebury College Featuring poet & educator Stephen Cramer, writer & Bread Loaf coordinator Jason Lamb, NER contributor Meg Reynolds, & Middlebury student Joanne Zhang. www.eventbrite.com/e/ner-ulysse...

Congratulations to the New England Review contributors who will appear in the Best Literary Translations 2027 anthology (@deepvellum.bsky.social), guest edited by Emily Wilson!

We will close for fiction submissions on 4/10 at midnight EST. Submissions in poetry, nonfiction, & dramatic writing will remain open through 5/1. If you haven't already submitted this reading period, please review our guidelines & send us your work before the deadline: nereview.com/submission-g...

“Reunions” by Nur Turkmani begins, “The first thought I have, as he waves from a distance, is fine, even after December, he still makes me feel some way.” Read the story in @newenglandreview.bsky.social for #WomensHistoryMonth: nereview.com/article/reun...

In honor of Robert Frost's birthday (March 26, 1874), we're gifting you a celebratory deal! From now until April 2, use code FROST26 to receive 20% off all subscriptions. Already a subscriber? This deal is still for you—we're happy to extend your current subscription. www.middstore.com/ner/

Join us on Tuesday, March 31, at 8:00 PM ET for a virtual reading celebrating the six finalists for the 2026 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers! Register for your private Zoom link here: middlebury.zoom.us/.../Au-fJWz9....

In the last Behind the Byline feature of our fall/winter double issue, NER office manager Mary Heather Noble talks with writer, poet, & translator Kaveh Bassiri about love, the afterlife of language, & conveying the unknown in his essay "Tarjoma." nereview.com/behind-the-b...

Join us on Tuesday, March 31, at 8:00 PM ET for a virtual reading celebrating the six finalists for the 2026 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers! Register for your private Zoom link here: middlebury.zoom.us/.../Au-fJWz9....

Night and Day by Sandra Lim. A new poem in the latest @newenglandreview.bsky.social

The print edition of NER 47.1 has been delayed due to unforeseen mechanical issues, but our online preview is live and on time! Featuring David Hansen, Robin Hemley, Mely Kiyak (trans. William Pierce), Sandra Lim, Lauren Eggert-Crowe, Randall Mann, & more. nereview.com/issue/vol-47...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Nick Bertelson talks with poet Patrick Phillips about writing the dead beloved, the kinship between poetry & ministry, & the sacred and & profane in his poem “Shit Story” from NER 46.3-4. nereview.com/behind-the-b...

Though we won’t have an official presence at AWP '26, we still wanted to offer readers a chance to access our pages at a discount. Use code AWP20 to shop our “AWP Absentee” sale & get 20% off all subscriptions. Offer ends 3/7/26 at midnight ET. middlebury-college-store.shoplightspeed.com/ner/

". . . the gift of this new form enabled me to write during a weary time . . . what a good container for grief it has been.” In a new Writer's Notebook feature, NER 46.3-4 poet Nan Cohen discusses the origins & inspirations behind her "From the Lost Notebook" series. nereview.com/writers-note...

We're delighted to reveal the artwork for our spring issue (47.1): Shower Scene by Robin Crookall. Our first issue of the year includes new work by Hasanthika Sirisena, Patricia Lockwood, José Orduña, Traci Brimhall, & Kyle Francis Williams; translations from the German & Spanish, & more!

Our February ‘26 roundup includes a pulsing poetry book that centers collective resistance, a collection of suspenseful & animalic short stories based in Texas, a lyrical lab notebook that probes gender inequity & the body, & much more. Browse & shop the list: nereview.com/february-26-...

Publication alert! Contributor Seán Carlson's essay PAINTING THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH was published in the Autumn/Winter 2025 double issue of @newenglandreview.bsky.social! Find it right here: buff.ly/5fA9rVV

It is with great excitement that we announce the finalists for the twelfth annual New England Review Award for Emerging Writers: Michael Carson, Joel Cuthbertson, Tom DeBeauchamp, Abigail Dembo, Maja Lukic, and Paul S. Ukrainets. Learn more about them here: nereview.com/announcing-t...

“Of course, the sink is never empty, or rather: empties, briefly, then is full again: the one plate; the one mug…” Read Donika Kelly’s poem “The Crone at Her Sink” in the @newenglandreview.bsky.social! #BlackHistoryMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, NER 46.3-4 contributor Jessie Li talks with staff reader Dana Lynch about infinite universes, writing in first-person plural, and the function of misunderstanding in her short story "How We Met Our Father." nereview.com/behind-the-b...

NER is excited to announce an open call for submissions to a special feature celebrating Agnès Varda’s 2000 film THE GLEANERS & I. This special feature will be edited by NER contributing editor J. M. Tyree. Read the submission guidelines & submit: newenglandreview.submittable.com/submit/9476d...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Simone Kraus talks with NER 46.3-4 contributor Michael Carson about the significance of writing letters, Kafka and Lawrence, and the relationship between war and writing. nereview.com/michael-cars...

In an intimate new Behind the Byline interview, NER 46.3-4 author Alisha Dietzman talks with managing editor Leslie Sainz about the meditative power of repetition, fixed moments of sensory memory, and the generative influence of film and TV on her recent poems. nereview.com/alisha-dietz...

This sonnet was so much fun to write. It’s in This Elegance and thank you to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it 💜

“A novel’s success does not rest on its function as polemics or a jeremiad, but to a large extent it does rest on its logic." Introducing J. Howard Rosier's "A Word: Notes on Literary Argument," the third essay in our Staging Style series. nereview.com/staging-styl...

RESCHEDULED! Jodie Noel Vinson, Emily Pittinos, John Cotter, and I are looking forward to reading from our work in the @newenglandreview.bsky.social — with a late addition of Sam Simas, too! Join us: Tue., Feb. 17th at 7 p.m. at Riffraff Bookstore & Bar (60 Valley St.) in Providence, Rhode Island.

Cutting my own hair saves money better put toward a bill. I look presentable enough in virtual meetings, a genial blur. —Derrick Austin’s “Gig Economy,” published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social & featured in our #BlackHistoryMonth reading list: nereview.com/article/gig-...

In a new Translator's Notebook feature, NER 46.3-4 contributor Erag Ramizi shares the process of discovering and translating Linda Lê’s “Reeves C.,” an excerpt from her novel The Gospels of Crime. Experience Erag's essay here: nereview.com/translators-...

Today’s Feature: “Ars Poetica” by @bridgetlowe.bsky.social from @newenglandreview.bsky.social Read here:

Our January ‘26 roundup includes an absurdist domestic horror novel, a posthumous poetry collection by a former poet laureate of Maine, a surprising and impassioned tour of Britain’s history, & much more. Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/january-26-r...

In the fourteenth installment of our “Literature & Democracy” series, poet, novelist, critic, & NER contributor Tabish Khair presents a brief essay & interview with author, librarian, & community organizer Mridula Koshy. Experience the feature here: nereview.com/.../literatu... Image: Ravi Sharma

Announcing our 2026 Best Literary Translations nominations: Congratulations to NER translators Alison Entrekin, Christopher Soto, Erag Ramizi, Emma Trelles, Ellen Jones, Janel Pineda, & Reyes Ramirez!