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The city slides by, drunk with golden sunlight. Buildings go by like books on a shelf. Large department stores go by, and clothing stores, shoe stores, a butcher’s shop red with meat . . .
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Jennie Malboeuf Poetry
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Laurence de Looze Nonfiction
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Cynthia Cruz Poetry
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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.
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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.
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“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.”
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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.
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Browse & shop new books by Daniela Catrileo, Andrea Bajani, Leslie Bazzett, Joanna Klink, & more.
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Staff reader Zara Karschay speaks with NER 47.2 writer Olaniyi Omiwale about the social currency of writers, creating characters with consciousness, and finding the “unguarded truth” within the parenthetical.
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NER Out Loud Herr Friedrich Drinks Tea
William Pierce reads an excerpt from Mely Kiyak’s Herr Friedrich Drinks Tea in his English translation, and Mely Kiyak reads the same excerpt in the original German. The English translation appeared in NER 47.1 (2026).











