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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 1d

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-...

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 8d

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...

New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 14d

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

Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to Roy Kesey (@roykesey.bsky.social)
whose collection LORE was selected by Ed Park as the 2025 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction winner and is scheduled for publication in May 2027!! Learn more here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 27d

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...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 29d

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-...

Contemporary Salvadoran Writing in Translation – New England Review

“estallaré en mil y más auroras y seguiré amaneciendo en la conciencia afilada de todos.”

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · 29d

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/

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Sep 6

“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-...

The Interior Border – New England Review

translated from the Spanish by Ellen Jones

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Aug 28

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!

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Aug 23

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.”
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Six incantations against loss – New England Review

translated from the Spanish by Jessica Rainey

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last chance for 35% off all subscriptions!

Our "35 for 35" deal ends tonight at midnight EST:
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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Aug 14

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!

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Aug 13

"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.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Aug 9

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:
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diaCRITICS @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social · Jul 22

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...

Cathy Linh Che – New England Review

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Jul 14

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/

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Jul 11

"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.

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Jessica Rainey @jessrainey.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · Jul 3

“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-...

Existential Elegy – New England Review

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jul 7

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-...

Ode to Pissing – New England Review

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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New England Review @newenglandreview.bsky.social · Jun 30

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...

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