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Quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College since 1978. www.nereview.com

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 7 PM EST in Middlebury College’s Humanities House (115 Franklin Street) for NER’s Ulysses Reading Series, featuring readings by Christopher Kondrich, Gloria Estela González, Diana Whitney, and Nikita Rodov. nereview.com/ner-ulysses-...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For Filipino history month, read NER contributors Daniel Abiva Hunt and Ina Cariño + so many great works in this spotlight roundup by @clmporg.bsky.social www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
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A Reading List for Filipino American History Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Filipino American History Month, observed annually during the month of October, we asked our member presses and literary magazines to share some of the literature by Filipino American writers they...
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gretchen-schrafft.bsky.social @gretchen-schrafft.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Honored to be interviewed about my @newenglandreview.bsky.social story: nereview.com/gretchen-sch.... Thanks to Kevin Testa for a great conversation!
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today is the last day to take advantage of our special discount! Subscribe today with code #LITMAGWEEK and receive 15% off of an annual subscription: four issues of bold and innovative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & translations from around the world. www.middstore.com/ner/ @clmporg.bsky.social
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And don't miss online works from @alocasiamag.bsky.social, @beestung.bsky.social, @tahomareview.bsky.social, @theoffingmag.bsky.social, and @newenglandreview.bsky.social! www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
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A Reading List for National Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation.  …
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In our latest Behind the Byline feature, staff reader Kevin Testa talks with Gretchen Schrafft about characterization in historical fiction, writing about pain, and the role animals play in her short story “The Bastard Agrimony” from NER 47.3 nereview.com/gretchen-sch...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Who has the effrontery today to inaugurate a new magazine or revive an old must justify himself for so doing in some way above the ordinary?” — William Carlos Williams, 1932 We encourage the effrontery! Use code #LITMAGWEEK for 15% off an annual subscription. www.middstore.com/ner/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To celebrate #LitMagWeek, we’re sharing four literary journals our editors love. Check out @ninthletter.bsky.social , The Georgia Review, Brink, Crayfish & @commonmag.bsky.social. Use the code #LITMAGWEEK for 15% off an annual subscription to NER. Deal ends Oct 2 at midnight. www.middstore.com/ner/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Want to get to know New England Review better? For #LitMagWeek, we’re sharing five things about NER you may not know. Use discount code #LITMAGWEEK for 15% off annual eBook or print subscription that supports our contributors' electric and essential writing. www.middstore.com/ner/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re celebrating #LitMagWeek with a special 15% discount on annual subscriptions to New England Review! Use discount code #LITMAGWEEK through October 2, 11:59pm. www.middstore.com/ner/ @clmporg.bsky.social
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our September reading roundup includes knock-out poetry from Kazim Ali, Sherwin Bitsui, and Middlebury College’s own Karin Gottshall, a new Cristina Rivera Garza novel translated by Christina MacSweeney, & much more. Browse & shop the list: nereview.com/september-26...
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gretchen-schrafft.bsky.social @gretchen-schrafft.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So proud to have a story in @newenglandreview.bsky.social. The best kind of homecoming for a Midd creative writing concentrator!
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our submissions inbox is filling fast! Due to a high volume of submissions, we'll close fiction submissions this Thursday, September 17 at 11:59 pm EST. Staging Style submissions will close Sunday, September 20 at 11:59 pm EST. nereview.com/submission-g...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The print edition of our fall issue, NER 47.3, will land in subscriber mailboxes soon, and our online preview is live! nereview.com/issue/vol-47... Savor surprising prose from Liz DeWolf, Becky Hagenston, Ali Araghi; striking poetry from Garrett Hongo, Cindy King, and Weijia Pan; & so much more.
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The print edition of NER 47.3 will land in subscriber mailboxes any day now, and our online preview is live! Savor surprising prose from Liz DeWolf, Becky Hagenston, Ali Araghi; striking poetry from Garrett Hongo, Cindy King, and Weijia Pan; & so much more. nereview.com/issue/vol-47...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This summer, Middlebury intern Eliza Tiles ’27.5 read submissions, assisted with copyediting and social media, conducted market research, and much more. Here she answers questions about how she got here and what she learned. nereview.com/eliza-tiles/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Submissions are open! We're accepting nonfiction, fiction, and dramatic writing through Nov 1. We'll reopen to poetry in the spring. Learn more about our submissions guidelines here: nereview.com/submission-g.... We pay contributors $20 per page, $50 minimum. We look forward to reading your work!
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're thrilled to reveal the artwork for our fall issue (47.3): detail from Entr'acte by Karola Pezzaro, courtesy of the artist. Issue 47.3 is now at the printer & our online preview will launch next week! Subscribe now & receive NER 47.3 as your first issue. nereview.com/subscribe/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hungary after Victor Orbán: The thirteenth installment of our Literature & Democracy series features a dialogue between constitutional law professor Gábor Attila Tóth and author, poet, and researcher and Ellen Hinsey. nereview.com/article/rebu...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Update! We will close submissions for poetry this Friday, September 4 (11:59 pm EST). We'll remain open for other genres.
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Submissions are now open! We're accepting writing in all genres through November 1, but we recommend submitting early. Learn more about our submissions guidelines here: nereview.com/submission-g.... We pay our contributors $20 per page, $50 minimum. We look forward to reading your work!
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Christina Wood has joined our staff today as managing editor! Christina comes to NER with extensive editing and publishing experience, and she has published her own writing in Granta, Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. nereview.com/christina-wo...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Through an accumulation of voids, I encountered a series of images that filled me with urgency and discomfort.” In our latest Writer’s Notebook feature, Douglas Silver discusses the creative origins of his story "The Children's Museum," from NER 47.2. Read the essay: nereview.com/douglas-silv...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Our August reading roundup of new books by NER authors includes a dazzling debut novel by Leslie Bazzett, a book of memoir, history, prayer, and intuition by May-Lee Chai, Joanna Klink's gorgeous new collection of poems, & much more. Browse and shop the list here: nereview.com/august-26-re...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Zara Karschay speaks with NER 47.2 writer Olaniyi Omiwale about the social currency of writers, creating characters with consciousness, and finding the “unguarded truth” within the parenthetical. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In our latest Behind the Byline feature, Staff reader Nico Amador speaks with NER 47.2 contributor Jenny Johnson about the nuances of writing into eros and the prose poem as a form for sensory immersion. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New England Review is assembling a folio on new writing from Japan, in English translation, guest edited by Stephen Snyder and Allison Markin Powell. Submissions will close on November 30, 2026. newenglandreview.submittable.com/submit/26490...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Which details are considered to be 'at the edges' and therefore acceptable to the auspices of invention is left up to the writer. . ." From our Staging Style series, "A Plug into the Wall: The Role of Memory & Forgetting in the Personal Essay" by Amy Lee Scott. nereview.com/staging-styl...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In our latest Behind the Byline feature, Staff reader Thomas Nath speaks over the phone with NER 47.2 contributor Leath Tonino about constellations, gossip ladders, and why you should write down quotes when you read. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Our July ’26 roundup includes vibrant new fiction, a pair of striking Brazilian novels in translation, lyrical poetry, & more. Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/july-26-read...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In the latest installment of our ‘NER Interns: Where Are They Now?’ series, editorial intern Josue Solis ’26 talks with former NER intern J. P. Allen ’11 about not defining yourself by your job, benefits of meditation, and his translations of Clementina Suárez’s poems. nereview.com/where-are-th...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New England Review is delighted to announce that Matthew Olzmann has joined our staff as poetry editor! Matthew is an accomplished poet, editor, and educator with strong ties to various poetry communities. Read more here: nereview.com/matthew-olzm...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In our latest Behind the Byline feature, Staff reader Maggie Wang speaks with NER 47.2 poet Cynthia Cruz on Hegelian philosophy, shared desire, and the complexities of movement. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In our latest Behind the Byline feature, NER intern Eliza Tiles speaks with 47.2 contributor Yerra Sugarman about inherited trauma, the ethics of Holocaust representation, and crafting hybrid texts. Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Our June ‘26 roundup includes a dystopian debut novel by an award-winning poet, a ghostly poetry collection that interrogates creation & destruction, piercing translations from the German & Russian, & more. Browse & shop the list here: nereview.com/june-26-read...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our “Staging Style” craft essay series has just reopened for submissions! Before submitting your work, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with our new FAQ page, which expounds upon our submission guidelines. Learn more about this column and submit: nereview.com/staging-styl...
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Add these lit mags to your summer reading list! New issues just came out from @afterdinnerconversation.com, @alocasiamag.bsky.social, @exactingclam.bsky.social, @fahmidangroup.bsky.social, @lilithmagazine.bsky.social, @newenglandreview.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/june-20...
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June 2026 Roundup of Member Magazines - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in June 2026.   After Dinner Conversation | June 2026 Featuring…
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"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...
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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...
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Staff reader Meera Vijayann speaks with NER author Jane Bernstein about public tragedies, the myth of closure, and her essay “I’m Thinking About My Sister, Fifty-Eight Years After She Was Murdered”…
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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/
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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...
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“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/
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AYCE – New England Review
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. He and Madeleine pursue the act with languorous movements to…
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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...
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"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...
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“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-...
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The Trials of Subu Vedam – New England Review
Listen to Gopal Balachandran read this excerpt from his essay “The Trials of Subu Vedam.”
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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...
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