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...

Order your copy of “The Sharpened Will of Us All,” a folio of Salvadoran poetry in translation published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social! Edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, it features the work of Lilliam Armijo, Lauri García Dueñas, and more. #TranslationMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

In a new Behind the Byline interview, NER staff reader Dana Lynch talks with writer Lindsay Ahl about tracking place like a ghost, objective versus subjective reality, and rendering the 1970s in her story "Green Wall, Red China" from issue 46.2. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/lindsay-ahl/

We love to see it: contributor @litmagreject.bsky.social is now a fiction editor with @newenglandreview.bsky.social! 👏

“My mother used to like reciting Sor Juana from memory. I’d listen to her from my room.” —“The Interior Border” by Astrid López Méndez, translated from the Spanish by Ellen Jones in @newenglandreview.bsky.social #NationalTranslationMonth nereview.com/article/the-...

New England Review is delighted to announce that @litmagreject.bsky.social has joined our staff as a fiction editor! Maggie Su is a seasoned editor and the author of the novel BLOB: A LOVE STORY (Harper, 2025). Learn more about Maggie & her new appointment here: nereview.com/maggie-su-jo...

Writers, mark your calendars! New England Review reopens for submissions in all genres on September 1. We pay our contributors $20 per page, $50 minimum. Learn more about our submissions guidelines here: nereview.com/ner-submissi... We look forward to reading your work!

In our latest Behind the Byline interview, staff reader C. Rees talks with poet Richard Siken about associative landings, the fractured intimacy of address, & his forthcoming collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS, which features 3 poems published in NER 46.2. nereview.com/richard-siken/

Read Tania Pleitez Vela’s essay “Six incantations against loss,” translated from the Spanish by Jessica Rainey, in @newenglandreview.bsky.social this #WomenInTranslationMonth! “Three small migrants. My brother, my sister, and me. Our first separation from home.” nereview.com/article/six-...

Last chance for 35% off all subscriptions! Our "35 for 35" deal ends tonight at midnight EST: newenglandreviewsubscriptions.submittable.com/submit/33396...

Save big with our "35 for 35" deal! From now through August 21 we're offering 35% off all print and e-book subscriptions, with prices starting at just $21.45! Subscribe now at 35% off: newenglandreviewsubscriptions.submittable.com/submit/33396...

"Why do I confer so much weight on the past and insist on remembering, sometimes at the expense of the present, of possibility?" In a new Writer's Notebook essay, Inkyoo Lee discusses the process of writing his two poems from NER 46.2. nereview.com/inkyoo-lee/

Let’s play, play a game of word chain. What’s that thing, flapflailing behind the mountain? —“A Game of Word Chain” by Hwang Geum-Nyeo, translated from the Jejueo by Helen Hwayeon, is published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social & on our #WomenInTranslationMonth list: nereview.com/article/%EB%...

Over at @newenglandreview.bsky.social, @cathylinhche.bsky.social talks about counter-narratives, the ethics of documentary authority, and her book "Becoming Ghost." nereview.com/cathy-linh-c...

NER Interns: Where Are They Now? Editorial intern Ali Shuaib '25 talks with writer, editor, and former NER intern Chris Feeney '19.5 about asking for what you want, the future of AI language models, and his Middlebury memories. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/chris-feeney/

"As a writer, I’m a host . . . I want you to enjoy yourself." Senior reader Alicia Romero talks with NER author Nick Mandernach about lament & litany, finding the fun in failure, & the endearing humor in his story “Young Sheldon Room Tone" from issue 46.2. nereview.com/nick-mandern...

I’m not sure why but, because I’m an international contributor, I wasn’t expecting to receive any physical copies. So was very happy to have these drop through my letterbox today. It’s a beautiful thing @newenglandreview.bsky.social

“Life is inherently meaningless, probably thinks Sartre, across from her at the table, / studying the waiter. The chef savagely prepares a tart for its destruction. // Yet the street lamps blink on without thinking” —Kim Addonizio @newenglandreview.bsky.social www.nereview.com/vol-43-no-4-...

I go over to Elaine’s on Thursdays to lift her onto the toilet. The vinyl sling creaks, sings, and for a moment, above her powerchair, she levitates... —Read “Ode to Pissing” by Rob Macaisa Colgate in @newenglandreview.bsky.social this #DisabilityPrideMonth: nereview.com/article/ode-...

NER Interns: Where Are They Now? Editorial intern Madilynn Maretoli ‘25 talks to writer, scholar, & former NER intern Taylor Johnston-Levy about studying English at Middlebury, pursuing an intellectual life, & the "queer use" of institutions. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/taylor-johns...

Our June ‘25 roundup includes a collection of out-of-this-world stories, a visionary novel inspired by film director G. W. Pabst, a charming exploration of artisanal rug collecting, & much more. Browse and shop the list: nereview.com/june-25-read...

The war wrenches us away from our original belonging. We leave aside the games, the garden, the blackouts and bombs... Honoured to have my translation of ‘Six incantations against loss’ by @tpleitezvela.bsky.social in this issue nereview.com/article/six-...

Love when I open a magazine and the first poem is fantastic @bridgetlowe.bsky.social @newenglandreview.bsky.social

“Harold is hacking the onion with a bread knife, again. I pass him the santoku and say, ‘Use this.’ He sighs.” Sam Simas’s story “Simple Instructions” is published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social & featured on our #PrideMonth reading list: nereview.com/article/simp...

Our summer issue is on its way to subscribers & our online preview is now live! Enjoy stirring prose, luminous poetry, the special folio "The Sharpened Will of Us All": Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation, & much more. Experience issue 46.2: nereview.com/issue/vol-46...