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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.

Listen to the NER Out Loud podcast here, or subscribe on Apple podcasts.

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.

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

New episode of NER Out Loud

George Szirtes, Joannie Stangeland, & Angelique Stevens

photo of Simone with microphone in front of yellow painted farmhouse type wall.
Simone Edgar Holmes hosts the NER podcast

Episode 11 of the NER Out Loud podcast has been released! Created, edited, and hosted by summer intern Simone Edgar Holmes, this episode presents George Szirtes, Joannie Stangeland, and Angelique Stevens reading their own work from New England Review.

From her remote-work address in Charlotte, Vermont, Simone brings together the voices of NER authors from Wymondham, England; Seattle, Washington; and Rochester, New York.

Listen in as George Szirtes reads his poem “English Rain,” Joannie Stangeland reads her poem “Parcel,” and Angelique Stevens reads from her memoir “The Only Light We’ve Got”

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

New episode of NER Out Loud

Jan Beatty, Greg Johnson, and Jakob Maier

Episode 10 of the NER out Loud podcast has been released! Created, edited, and hosted by winter term intern Ruhamah Weil, this episode presents Jan Beatty, Greg Johnson, and Jakob Maier reading their own work from New England Review 40.4. Ruhamah also stepped out of the NER office last winter and spoke briefly to Tricia Allen, of the Ilsley Public Library in downtown Middlebury, about the power of poetry.

Listen in as Jan Beatty reads her poem “The Body Wars,” Greg Johnson reads from his memoir “Daddy’s Aitch,” and Jakob Maier reads his poem “Food Court Ghost Town.”

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

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