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-...

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"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...

" . . . the absence of death is as upsetting to the psyche as the fact of death." In a new interview, NER intern Tasha Deen talks with poet Maja Lukic about nonlinear storytelling, the psychic heft of natural imagery, & preserving enigma in her three poems from issue 46.1. nereview.com/maja-lukic/

Our forthcoming June issue includes new work by Richard Siken, Lindsay Ahl, & Gopal Balachandran; "The Sharpened Will of Us All": Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation, edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado; & more. Subscribe now: newenglandreviewsubscriptions.submittable.com/submit/7d97c...

". . . the shadow, the unspoken, is always there." In an interview with NER's Meera Vijayann, Jane Bernstein discusses public tragedies, the myth of closure, & her essay "I'm Thinking About My Sister, Fifty-Eight Years After She Was Murdered" from issue 46.1. nereview.com/jane-bernste...

The deadline to apply to our open Fiction Editor position is June 20. Fiction Editors work with NER staff to select fiction for publication, evaluating unsolicited submissions, working with volunteer readers, & soliciting work as needed. For more information: apply.workable.com/middleburyco...

"What would happen to art if we relinquish our need to become famous or acclaimed?" In a new interview, contributing editor J. M. Tyree talks with NER 46.1 poet Cathy Linh Che about counter-narratives, the ethics of documentary authority, & her new book BECOMING GHOST. nereview.com/cathy-linh-c...

Morning reading: new poems and an essay by Małgorzata Lebda, translated by WWB contributor Mira Rosenthal.

"What have I learned about the world? I’ve learned the world can be good." The eleventh installment of our Literature & Democracy series features six poems and a personal essay by Polish poet Małgorzata Lebda, translated into English by Mira Rosenthal. nereview.com/malgorzata-l...

Our May ‘25 roundup includes a formally experimental debut poetry collection, a slow-burn mystery novel by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sensory meditation on pottery and poetry, & much more. Browse and shop the full list: nereview.com/may-25-readi...

"Does writing fiction make me better at my work? I think the answer to that is probably 'yes.'” In a new interview, Elizabeth Sutton talks with author Morgan Hargrave about funerary rituals, living á la carte, & chasing beauty in his story "Arrangements" (NER 46.1). nereview.com/morgan-hargr...

Thankful for Eric James Cruz’s wonderful questions about my poems in the current issue of @newenglandreview.bsky.social nereview.com/derrick-aust...

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"I like poetry that asks of a reader: Can you abide with me here for as long as my song lasts?" In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Eric James Cruz talks with NER 46.1 poet Derrick Austin about Sei Shonagon, illumination as clarity, and trusting music. nereview.com/derrick-aust...

"It’s about taking your ego and personal taste out of the equation and being completely open to what someone else is trying to communicate." Meet playwright and New England Review staff reader Anna Jastrzembski: nereview.com/anna-jastrze...

"If the author does not spoon-feed his readers, neither shall I . . ." In a new Translator's Notebook feature, Alison Entrekin discusses the process of translating Chico Buarque's short story "The Cousins from Campos," which appeared in NER issue 46.1. nereview.com/alison-entre...

Yes!! Thank you to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for complex, interesting, and sometimes even traditional longer works.

In an age of smaller word counts, budgets, attentions, all my gratitude to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for its steadfast support of longer and complex works despite the ever-chaotic literature economy and now <gestures at all this>

Congrats to @loubeard.bsky.social on his Pushcart Prize, and many thanks to @newenglandreview.bsky.social for championing Lou and so many other amazing writers. Lou's prize story is a chapter in HOLLYWOODSKI - order your copy today from your local independent bookstore!

Our April ‘25 roundup includes a "pressure cooker of an espionage novel," a new poetry collection from Arizona's first poet laureate, an aching medical memoir, & much more. Browse and shop the list: nereview.com/spring-2025-...

Congratulations to NER translators whose work will appear in the 2025 Best Literary Translations anthology, guest edited by Cristina Rivera Garza: Slava Faybysh Will Morningstar & to Emily Graham, whose work received a notable mention!

I wrote a long and fragmented personal essay a few years ago for @newenglandreview.bsky.social, which explores place, memory, and identity. Just re-sharing as I re-engage on social media: nereview.com/article/to-t...

So grateful to NER for giving my story such a great first home!

New England Review contributor Lori Ostlund has won a 2025 O. Henry Prize for her story "Just Another Family" from issue 44.3. Congrats, @loriostlund.bsky.social! lithub.com/announcing-t...

"When reading a story, I am eager to uncover how a writer shows their knowledge of cultural craft expectations. How are they conveying these expectations? How are they subverting them?" Meet New England Review staff reader Sabrina Islam: nereview.com/sabrina-islam/