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!

TOMORROW @ 8 PM ET on Zoom! Get the Zoom link here: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on Thursday, January 22, at 8 PM ET on Zoom for a reading honoring our outgoing fiction editor Ernest McLeod! Featuring contributors Lindsay Ahl, Andrew De Silva, Lukasz Grabowski, Lori Ostlund, Sam Simas, Christine Sneed, & Nestor Walters. RSVP on Zoom: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on Thursday, January 22, at 8 PM ET on Zoom for a reading honoring our outgoing fiction editor Ernest McLeod! Featuring contributors Lindsay Ahl, Andrew De Silva, Lukasz Grabowski, Lori Ostlund, Sam Simas, Christine Sneed, & Nestor Walters. RSVP on Zoom: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our December ‘25 roundup includes a "spellbinding" collection of short prose translated from the Russian, a radical Korean memoir co-written by best friends, a volume of lectures given by the Ireland Chair of Poetry, & much more. Browse & shop the list: nereview.com/december-25-...

In our first Behind the Byline interview of the year, NER 46.3-4 author Olakunle Ologunro talks with staff reader Zara Karschay about looking back versus looking at, the behavioral consequences of heat, and breaking his own heart while writing his story "Home Training." nereview.com/behind-the-b...

Very excited to have a short lyric essay, "Tarjoma," which reflects on my father’s passing and on translation, appear in the new issue of New England Review (@newenglandreview.bsky.social). nereview.com/issue/vol-46...

I had a great time conducting an interview with Maggie Mull about her short story in @newenglandreview.bsky.social. We discussed defamiliarization, authenticity, and humor, among other things. Check it out on NER's website. (Her story is published in the latest issue!) nereview.com/behind-the-b...

E-book lovers, today is your day! We're offering 1-year e-book subscriptions to the New England Review at a price that works for you—starting as low as $7. Offer ends at midnight EST and is available to readers everywhere. Subscribe here: middlebury-college-store.shoplightspeed.com/ner-pay-what...

Our "Pay What You Can" offer for print subscriptions is live for today only! Subscribe to NER at a price that works for you—starting as low as $7. No matter your budget, we'd love for you to spend time with our pages. Subscribe here: middlebury-college-store.shoplightspeed.com/ner-pay-what...

Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominations: Congratulations to Nilou Panahpour, Joel Cuthbertson, Donika Kelly, Paul S. Ukrainets, Jane Bernstein, & Bruce Snider!

Mark your calendars—"pay what you can" pricing returns for the holidays! Gift yourself or a loved one a 1-year NER subscription for as low as $7—or, if you can, pay it forward! Print "pay what you can" pricing is only valid on 12/4/25. E-book "pay what you can" pricing is only valid on 12/5/25.

“There are three screws in the body of a G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero figure, but the only one that matters is the one in the middle of their back.” Read Dan Musgrave’s essay “Limb from Limb” in @newenglandreview.bsky.social! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth nereview.com/article/limb...

The print edition of NER 46.3-4 is on its way to subscribers and part one of our online preview is now live! Featuring 58 authors & translators—half of whom have yet to publish a book—you don't want to miss this double issue. Experience the online preview & subscribe: nereview.com/issue/vol-46...

New essay of mine coming soon in this beautiful issue!

Our forthcoming Fall/Winter issue is now at the printer and sits at a whopping 392 pages, half of which is dedicated to emerging writers and translators. Featuring new work by Devon Walker-Figueroa, Bruce Snider, Cianga, & more. Subscribe now: newenglandreviewsubscriptions.submittable.com/submit

Today is the anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh - the shooter was targeting my congregation. Here is my poem about the shooting and aftermath, published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social - I repost it every year. ❤️‍🩹 nereview.com/article/tree...

This story by @loriostlund.bsky.social that appeared 1st in @newenglandreview.bsky.social and now in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2024 — holy jumping Jehoshophat 🙌🏻

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Carolyn Orosz talks with NER 46.2 poet Bridget Lowe about the reflexive nature of meaning-making, brokering the relationship between form and content, and radical wonder. Read their conversation here: nereview.com/bridget-lowe/

"Contradicting the flow of clock-time while also staying connected to some relative sense of realism is not easy . . ." Introducing the second installment of our Staging Style series, "Shared Hallucinations & Chance Operations" by Lara Mimosa Montes. nereview.com/shared-hallu...

The thirteenth installment of our Literature & Democracy series features selections from Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, edited by Ottilie Mulzet, & an interview with Mulzet, translator of the 2025 Nobel winner László Krasznahorkai. nereview.com/hungarian-wo...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Carina Imbornone talks with NER 46.2 author Christopher Kempf about memory and the personal essay, corporate-backed country music, and his manuscript-in-progress. Read their conversation here: nereview.com/christopher-...

We are fastly approaching our submission caps in fiction and poetry. With this in mind, we will close submissions in these genres tomorrow, October 8 at midnight EST. Submissions in nonfiction and dramatic writing will remain open through November 1. nereview.com/ner-submissi...

Our September ‘25 roundup includes a sexy historical novel set in 1600s Amsterdam, a sophomore poetry collection that's currently longlisted for the National Book Award, an "edifying" literary horror novel, & much more. Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/september-25...

🎉 Congratulations to NER author Roy Kesey (@roykesey.bsky.social)! 🎉

Join us on Saturday, October 4, at 1 PM EST for a virtual reading in honor of the special folio "The Sharpened Will of Us All," guest edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, from New England Review issue 46.2. Register for your private Zoom link here: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...