Left to right: Christopher Kondrich, Diana Whitney, Gloria Estela González, & Nikita Rodov Join us on Thursday, October 22, at 7 PM EST in Middlebury College’s Humanities House (115 Franklin Street) for the fifth installment of NER’s Ulysses Reading Series. Named after artist James MacDonell’s Visualizing Ulysses series of schematic prints, which hang throughout the house, this series celebrates […]

Eliza Tiles spent her summer at NER as part of the MiddWorks for Vermont internship program. She read submissions, assisted with copyediting and social media, conducted market research, completed a Behind the Byline interview, and much more.

After the April 2026 defeat of Victor Orbán, Hungary’s long-term prime minister and leader of Fidesz, NER international correspondent Ellen Hinsey spoke to constitutional scholar Gábor Attila Tóth about the progress of democracy in Hungary after its undoing by Orbán’s illiberal regime.

We are thrilled to announce that Christina Wood has joined our staff as managing editor! She comes to NER with extensive editing and publishing experience, most recently at The Georgia Review and Brink Books, and she has published her own writing in The Paris Review, Granta, and other magazines.

“Through an accumulation of voids, I encountered a series of images that filled me with urgency and discomfort: a mail carrier’s bag; a friendless child bound to a tree; a sign reading I Am Here Alone.”

Editorial intern Aren Lau ’27 talks with former NER intern Leah Sarbib about practicality and passion, collaborative writing spaces, & taking creative inspiration from J-term classes.