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NER: The Podcast

Listen to “War Stories” by David Heronry

March 28, 2018

“Héctor came back from the war to drink, and to give the ghost of Davy away.”

Listen below as Amanda Whiteley reads David Heronry’s “War Stories.” Whiteley read on November 10, as part of the annual NER Out Loud event at Middlebury College. “War Stories” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 2 (2017) and is available to read online here.

http://www.nereview.com/files/2018/01/07-Amanda.mp3

 

ABOUT THE READER

Amanda Whiteley ’19 has spent many summers training with both Papermill Playhouse and the British American Drama Academy. Although she has become more involved with film in recent years, she can often be found excitedly pouring over Shakespearean text. Amanda is also actively involved with the music scene on campus and is a member of Mamajamas. Her ongoing jobs include tour guiding for the admissions office, mentoring at the local preschool, working as a freelance photographer, and interning with the managing directors of Red Bull Theater and the New York Musical Festival.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Heronry is a used car salesman who has previously worked as a funeral director’s apprentice, a pet nutritionist, an English teacher in Japan, a Japanese teacher in America, and a crystal healing “expert” in a head shop. His debut story, “Less Awful,” appeared in NER in 2013 and was cited in Best American Short Stories 2014, and he has also published his fiction in Witness. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he shares a home with a tall man and a small child.

 

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Filed Under: Audio, NER Out Loud, News & Notes Tagged With: Amanda Whiteley, David Heronry

NER Out Loud: The Podcast

Listen to “Origin Story” by Kazim Ali

February 28, 2018

Someone always asks me “where are you from” / And I want to say a body is a body of matter flung / From all corners of the universe . . .

Listen below as Pele Voncujovi reads Kazim Ali‘s “Origin Story.” The reading took place on November 10, 2017 as part of NER Out Loud at Middlebury College. “Origin Story” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 1 (2017) and is available to read online here.

http://www.nereview.com/files/2018/01/02-Track-02.mp3

 

Pele Voncujovi

ABOUT THE READER

Pele Voncujovi ’19 was born in Japan to Ghanaian father and a Japanese mother. His family moved to Ghana when he was nine months old and lived there for most of Pele’s childhood. When he was sixteen, he went to the United World College in Costa Rica for the last two years of high school. Pele was never a big fan of poetry growing up, but after doing Oratory Now, he began to appreciate it a lot more and is trying to challenge himself with this opportunity.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian, Iranian, and Egyptian descent. He received a BA and MA from the University of Albany-SUNY, and an MFA from New York University. His books include several volumes of poetry and the cross-genre text Bright Felon. His novels include The Secret Room: A String Quartet and among his books of essays is Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice. Ali is an associate professor of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Oberlin College. His new book of poems, Inquisition, and a new hybrid memoir, Silver Road: Essays, Maps & Calligraphies, will both be released in 2018.

Read more about NER Out Loud here.

 

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Filed Under: Audio, NER Out Loud, News & Notes Tagged With: Kazim Ali, Pele Voncujovi

NER Out Loud

Listen to “Philomath” by Devon Walker-Figueroa

February 14, 2018

“Love of learning” is what / Philomath means. This side of a ghost / town, what kids are here hang out / in gravel parking lots & hunt/ pixelated her at The Woodsman . . .

Listen below as Paige Guarino reads Devon Walker-Figueroa’s “Philomath.” The reading took place on on November 10, 2017 as part of  NER Out Loud at Middlebury College. “Philomath” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 1 (2017) and is available to read online here.

http://www.nereview.com/files/2018/01/04-Paige.mp3

 

ABOUT THE READER

Paige Guarino ’18.5 is a senior Feb Psychology major, and she feels privileged to share Devon Walker-Figueroa’s “Philomath” with you. Paige has a long history of performing at Middlebury, particularly through her involvement in both the College Choir and Collegium, as well as student run plays and musicals. She also channels her love of speech and expression into her work as an Oratory Now coach. When not performing, Paige can be found singing loudly in the practice rooms, staring longingly out the windows of BiHall, or listening to the Hamilton soundtrack while she crams for exams.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Devon Walker-Figueroa grew up in Oregon, and when she turned fifteen, she left to pursue a career in ballet, training with the Kirov Ballet Academy, American Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, and others. In her post-ballet life, she resides in New York City, where she devotes herself to such futile tasks as avoiding contact with crowds and teaching herself to read Babylonian. She also serves as co-founding editor of Horsethief Books. She holds a BA in creative writing from Bennington College and an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In addition to NER, her poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, Copper Nickel, and others. 

Read more about NER Out Loud here.

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Filed Under: Audio, NER Out Loud, News & Notes

Paisley Rekdal

Listen to “Horn of Plenty” Out Loud

January 17, 2018

Would you have chosen to stop? / Or would you have continued, knowing / you wanted the blood because of the horn: symbol / both of plenty and of suffering . . .

Listen below as Dominick Tanoh reads Paisley Rekdal’s “Horn of Plenty.”  Tanoh’s reading took place on November 10, as part of the annual NER Out Loud event at Middlebury College. “Horn of Plenty” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 3 (2017) and is available to read online here.

http://www.nereview.com/files/2018/01/06-Dominick.mp3

 

ABOUT THE READER

Dominick Tanoh ’18 is a senior at Middlebury College, where he studies International Economics and Economics. He serves as a coach for Oratory Now, a player on the College rugby team, an editor for the Campus newspaper, and a First-Year Counselor for Atwater commons residential life. He also writes his own plays and short stories and hopes to put on an original work before graduation. He is deeply excited to perform at this year’s NER Out Loud and glad that he finally got around to exploring his more artistic side during his senior year.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paisley Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee, the hybrid-genre photo-text memoir Intimate, and four books of poetry, including Animal Eye, which was a finalist for the 2013 Kingsley Tufts Prize and winner of the UNT Rilke Prize. Her newest book of poems is Imaginary Vessels, and her most recent work of nonfiction is The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam. Her work has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship, and other awards. She teaches at the University of Utah, and in May 2017, she was named Utah’s Poet Laureate.

Filed Under: Audio, NER Out Loud, News & Notes Tagged With: Dominick Tanoh, Paisley Rekdal

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