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By publishing new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting, New England Review encourages artistic exchange and thought-provoking innovation, providing publishing opportunities for writers at all stages in their careers. - See more at: http://www.nereview.com/about/

In our last Behind the Byline feature for issue 47.1, staff reader Dana Lynch speaks with writer Elizabeth Lee on untran...
05/27/2026

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: https://nereview.com/behind-the-byline-elizabeth-lee/

05/25/2026

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! This red-hot issue includes the international folio "Brazilian Badlands: Seven Women Writing the Brazilian Northeast," guest edited by Bruna Dantas Lobato; new work by Natalie Bakopoulos, Brandon Som, Douglas Silver, Cynthia Cruz, & L. F. Khouri; & much more.

Enjoy outstanding contemporary writing that mirrors the complexities of our everyday lives with New England Review. Order single copies & subscriptions here: https://www.middstore.com/ner/

In our latest Behind the Byline feature, staff reader Thomas Nath talks with poet Ama Codjoe about intimacy, the potency...
05/22/2026

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: https://nereview.com/ama-codjoe/

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Zara Karschay talks with writer José Orduña about ambiguity, refracti...
05/20/2026

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: https://nereview.com/behind-the-byline-jose-orduna/

We're looking for a new poetry editor! This is an independent contractor position, hired through Middlebury College.New ...
05/12/2026

We're looking for a new poetry editor! This is an independent contractor position, hired through Middlebury College.

New England Review’s poetry editor works with NER staff to shape the poetry section of the New England Review, evaluating NER’s unsolicited submissions alongside a team of readers and soliciting poetry and poetry in translation as needed. The poetry editor also serves as an advocate and representative of the magazine and its mission.

Applications will be accepted through June 1, 2026.

Learn more and apply here: https://newenglandreview.submittable.com/submit/353769/poetry-editor

"Translation should disturb. It should alarm. It is essential, in fact, that it distress, especially the powers that kee...
05/11/2026

"Translation should disturb. It should alarm. It is essential, in fact, that it distress, especially the powers that keep trying to tell us a text is fixed . . ."

Introducing the fourth installment of our Staging Style craft essay series, "Species of Attention: On Translation" by Conor Bracken.

Read it here: https://nereview.com/staging-style-species-of-attention-on-translation/

Image of Conor Bracken courtesy of Lupita Eyde-Tucker.

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader Meera Vijayann talks with NER 47.1 author Hasanthika Sirisena about r...
05/04/2026

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 s*x, and the research that led to her essay “Castaway.”

Read their exchange here: https://nereview.com/behind-the-byline-hasanthika-sirisena/

Our April ‘26 roundup includes a piercing yet meditative sequence of poetry, an intoxicating dramatic novel set in the w...
04/29/2026

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: https://nereview.com/april-26-reading-roundup/

In the latest installment of our "NER Interns: Where Are They Now?" series, editorial intern Regan Olusegun ’26 talks wi...
04/27/2026

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, and the power of hands-on learning.

Read their exchange here: https://nereview.com/where-are-they-now-paulina-choh/

The fifteenth installment of our “Literature & Democracy” series includes three poems by Elyas Alavi, translated by Shol...
04/24/2026

The fifteenth installment of our “Literature & Democracy” series includes three poems by Elyas Alavi, translated by Sholeh Wolpé, and a conversation between Alavi & Wolpé in which they discuss the impact of exile and the lessons that can be learned from displacement, adversity, and fortitude of the spirit.

Experience the feature here: https://nereview.com/literature-and-democracy-elyas-alavi-sholeh-wolpe/

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