New England Review

Two New Episodes of NER Out Loud

Michael McGriff and Jesse Lee Kercheval

Listen to two new episodes of NER Out Loud, hosted and produced by our summer interns Yardena Carmi ’23 and Rebecca Amen ’22.

Episode 16: Michael McGriff reads an excerpt from his poem “Questions for the Interrogation,” followed by an interview with Yardena Carmi. Their conversation explores the poem’s tribute to rural Oregon and Pablo Neruda, the limitations of memory and language, and Michael’s work as a translator of Tomas Tranströmer.

“From Questions for the Interrogation” was originally published in NER 42.1 (spring 2021).

Episode 17: Jesse Lee Kercheval reads her essay “Crash,” followed by a conversation with Rebecca Amen. The short essay interrogates the author’s memory of a shocking car accident that took place more than 50 years ago. In the interview, Kercheval further explores the nature of memory, essay writing in general, and her work as a translator of Uruguayan poetry.

“Crash” was originally published in NER 42.2 (summer 2021).

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New Episode of NER Out Loud

McKenna Marsden and Madison Middleton

  • Author McKenna Marsden
    McKenna Marsden

Since live audiences were limited this fall, when our annual NER Out Loud Live program was scheduled, this year we took the staged readings to the podcast format!

Listen here, as Middlebury student actor Madison Middleton reads from the short story “Suffering in Motion” by McKenna Marsden.

The reading is followed by a conversation between Madison and McKenna, who talk about the story from both the reader’s and the writer’s points of view, touching on the power of running and what it means to be nonbinary.

“Suffering in Motion” was originally published in NER 40.4. Episode hosted by Carolyn Kuebler, Editor of NER.

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New episode of NER Out Loud

Readings of work by Jessie van Eerden and John Freeman

Courtney Wright, with a microphone and laptop, records NER Out Loud.
Courtney Wright, undaunted by distance learning and a pandemic, hosts the NER Out Loud podcast.

What can love mean? 

The host of this episode of NER Out Loud, Courtney Wright ‘21.5 brings together an essay and a poem from recent issues of NER, both exploring forms of love that exist outside the traditional bounds of romance and family.

Jessie van Eerden’s essay “A Story of Mary and Martha Taking in a Foster Girl,” read by Francis Price, is followed by an interview between the podcast host and the author.

Next, Nimaya Lemal reads “Columbine and Rue,” a poem by John Freeman.

This episode was produced and hosted by Courtney Wright, a Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment major in Middlebury’s class of 2021.5.

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New episode of NER Out Loud podcast

Listen to 4 UK poets

Episode 12 of the NER Out Loud podcast has been released! Created, edited, and hosted by summer intern Simone Edgar Holmes, this episode presents Shazea Quraishi, Seni Seneviratne, Naomi Foyle, and Sasha Dugdale reading their work from New England Review.

From her remote-work home in Charlotte, Vermont, Simone brings together the voices of NER authors from South London, Brighton, Derbyshire, and Sussex, UK.

Listen in as Shazea Quraishi reads “Elegy,” Seni Seneviratne reads “A Girl in the Woods,” Naomi Foyle reads “Made from Fibres Not Readily Penetrated,” and Sasha Dugdale reads “Chair No. 14.” All of these poems and more are available online as part of NER‘s recent feature of 15 contemporary British poets, edited by Marilyn Hacker.

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