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NER Out Loud - LIVE!

March 30, 7:30 pm ET

NER Out Loud readers, 2019

Our annual NER Out Loud and S’More Readings reception returns to the Mahaney Center for the first time since 2019!

In the tradition of Public Radio International’s “Selected Shorts,” students from Oratory Now will read selections from the New England Review in the Dance Theatre at the Mahaney Center for the Arts at 7:30 PM ET. The event will be followed by a “S’more Readings” reception with student writers who will read from their own poetry and prose.

This year’s NER Out Loud readers are Jared Ahern ’25, Alpana Bakshi ’26, Shea Brams ’26, Letu Chibssa ’26, Josey Chun ’26, Liv Davidson ’26, Max Gibson ’25, Izzo Lizardi ’25, and Grace Mtunguja ’26. They’ll read a selection of work published in NER in the past couple years.

Following the event, the audience is invited to the lobby for a “S’More Readings” reception, featuring tasty chocolate and marshmallow treats, where student writers will read their own poetry and prose. Readers are Yardena Carmi ’23, David Factor ’23, Haeun Park ’23, Rose Robinson ’24.5, Leo Swainbank ’25, Kai Velazquez ’23, and Keziah Wilde ’24. The reception is coordinated by New England Review student interns Niamh Carty ’23 and Emma Johnson ’23.5.

Both events are free and open to the public. Sign language interpretation will be offered.

This event will also be live streamed.

Vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) required. Masks optional (but welcome!) except under certain conditions. Additional health and safety information here.

New Episode of NER Out Loud

A. E. Kulze: On ladybugs and female mystics

“If you don’t think the lives of women hold as much value as the lives of men, for thousands of years, a thousand years later you’re not going to know very much about the women that existed in those time periods.”

Created, edited, and hosted by NER summer interns Andrew Grossman and Kate Sadoff, NER Out Loud episode 21 presents a reading and conversation with A. E. Kulze, author of the short story “The Ladybugs” from NER 43.2 (summer 2022).

After reading an excerpt from her story, Kulze talks about her writing process, the role of the unconscious in forming the whole, and the joy of a perfect editorial cut. She also speaks more broadly about gender and domesticity, the failures of contemporary feminism, and the Desert Mothers, who’ve been largely forgotten to history.

Listen to the new episode on Soundcloud—and subscribe to NER Out Loud on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher!

Andrew Grossman and Kate Sadoff are Middlebury College students, both English majors with a focus on creative writing, class of 2023.5. As NER‘s summer podcast and publicity interns for 2022, they also produced NER Out Loud episode 20, featuring coauthors Milia Ayache and Amina Hassan and their play “Splits/kin” published in NER 43.2 (summer 2022) as part of the international feature on Lebanese writers.

Andrew Grossman (left) and Kate Sadoff (right)

New Episode of NER Out Loud

Milia Ayache & Amina Hassan: Collaboration & Conversation

Milia Ayache (left) and Amina Hassan (right)

“This play couldn’t have been anything but collaborative, because it came out of this rupture of a moment right before the revolution.”

Created, edited, and hosted by NER summer interns Andrew Grossman and Kate Sadoff, NER Out Loud episode 20 presents a dramatic reading from the play “Splits/kin,” co-authored by Milia Ayache and Amina Hassan, followed by a conversation with the authors.

The excerpt from the play is performed by Leslie Sainz and Andrew Grossman. The wide-ranging conversation, which brings voices together from Vermont, Beirut, and Berlin, focuses on the process of creative collaboration during a time of anxiety and upheaval.

“Splits/kin” was originally published in NER 43.2 (summer 2022) as part of the international feature on Lebanese writers.

Listen to the new episode on Soundcloud—and subscribe!

Andrew Grossman and Kate Sadoff are Middlebury College students, both English majors with a focus on creative writing, class of 2023.5. As NER‘s summer podcast and publicity interns for 2022, they also produced NER Out Loud Episode 21, featuring fiction writer A. E. Kulze, which will be released later this fall.

Andrew Grossman (left) and Kate Sadoff (right)

New episode of NER Out Loud!

Poetry and conversation: Helene Achanzar

“There is more than enough wonder and curiosity and rage and humor and despair to make for good poems, the question is really how to translate those experiences so that the mundane becomes remarkable.” —Helene Achanzar

Created, edited, and hosted by Tejas Srinivasan ’23, NER Out Loud episode 19 presents Helene Achanzar reading her poem “Chicago” (NER 42.4), followed by a conversation about poetic structure, the realities of labor, modern paintings, her beloved home city, and more.

Helene Achanzar is the winner of NER‘s 2022 Emerging Writers’ Award. A Filipina-Canadian poet and educator, she is an associate editor for Poetry Northwest and is currently working as The Director of Programs at the Chicago Poetry Center. Her poems “Chicago” and “Etymology” were published in NER 42.4. 

You can stream the NER Out Loud podcast from our website or Soundcloud. Or download from iTunes and subscribe!

Tejas Srinivasan is NER‘s spring 2022 podcast producer. He is a sophomore English major at Middlebury College, focusing on postmodern fiction and literary theory. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, he is also an opinions editor at the Middlebury Campus and a classical pianist, studying and performing repertoire from the 1600s to present day.

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