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NER Out Loud brings the page to the stage

Friday, October 26, 7:30 pm

NER Out Loud is back for its fifth run! Join us Friday, October 26th, 7:30 pm, in the Mahaney Center for the Arts Dance Theatre for an evening of readings from New England Review. In partnership with the Mahaney Center and Oratory Now, NER Out Loud presents selections from the magazine, read by a talented team of Middlebury students. Sign language interpretation will be included.

And leave room for dessert—students will cap off the evening with a reading of their own work in the Mahaney Center lobby, while you enjoy Middlebury’s finest Indoor S’mores!

This year’s program:

• Melanie Rivera ’19 reading “In Order of Appearance,” a poem by Heather Christle
• Gillinda James ’21 reading “Dead Weight,” a story by Raven Leilani
• Masha Makutonina ’21 reading the story “Biomass” by Alla Gorbunova, translated from Russian by Elina Alter
• Pele Voncujovi ’19 reading the poem “Don’t tell them we’re going or they’ll want to come too” by Nathan Trantraal, translated from Afrikaans by André Trantraal
• Sam Martin ’19 and Rebecca Berlind ’21 reading “Modal Window,” a story by Janet Towle

Editors and contributors to the student literary magazines will also be on hand at the post-show reception to discuss their publications and read from their recent work. Read more about NER Out Loud.

Rosaleen Bertolino

Listen to “The Doll Family” Out Loud

“Barbie lay on the floor, too tall to stand up, too big to fit on any of the furniture. She scared the dollhouse family, who ripped off her head and stewed it for dinner.”

Listen below as Nia Robinson reads Rosaleen Bertolino’s “The Doll Family.” The reading took place on  November 10, 2017, as part of the annual NER Out Loud event at Middlebury College. “Doll Family” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 3 (2017) and is available to read online here.

 

ABOUT THE READER

Nia Robinson ’19 is a junior Sociology major from Chicago. Over the past almost two and a half years, she has served as co-president of the Black Student Union, an opinions editorial board member, AFC student intern and fellow, member of Poor Form Poetry, volunteer at Mary Hogan Elementary School, and loyal viewer of Vermont’s sunsets. When she isn’t speaking, you can usually find her at Crossroads, writing poems or just trying to figure it out. This will be her second time performing in NER Out Loud.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rosaleen Bertolino was born and raised in the Bay Area, where she worked as an office manager for her husband’s electrical business, and she now lives in Mexico. She is co-author of the book The Wandering Mother, and her stories have appeared in the Capra Review, Gravel, Euphony, West Marin Review, and many others. Among her awards are a Marin Arts Council individual artist grant and honorable mention for the James D. Phelan Award.

Read more about NER Out Loud here.

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NER Out Loud

Listen to “Take Stock” by Clarence Orsi

There was a time when I attempted to step outside gender, to be the woman in the astro-nautical chef uniform manipulating the translucent box of ideology. Or rather, to be the person. To become interchangeable. To become stock.

Listen below as Sam Martin reads Clarence Orsi’s “Take Stock.” Martin’s reading took place on November 10, as part of the annual NER Out Loud reading at Middlebury College. “Take Stock” was originally published in NER Vol. 38, No. 2 (2017) and is available to read online here. 

 

ABOUT THE READER

Sam Martin ’19 is a double major in Theater and American Studies at Middlebury, originally from Richmond, Virginia. Sam is a firm believer in the power and necessity of art and storytelling, especially now and especially here, and is delighted to be able to experience and share this evening’s selection of writings. He has worked in performance, stage management, lighting design, and directing, and will be appearing next in the Theater department’s production of Will Eno’s Middletown.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Clarence Orsi is a Baltimore-based writer and Assistant Professor of English at Cecil College in Maryland. His interests include contemporary and twentieth-century fiction, literary and cultural criticism, urban space, and queer literature, among many others. He has a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His essays and fiction have appeared in publications including the American Literary Review, the Believer, Chicago Review, Cincinnati Review, and n+1.

 

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NER: The Podcast

Listen to “War Stories” by David Heronry

“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.

 

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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