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NER Out Loud - LIVE!

March 30, 7:30 pm ET

March 23, 2023

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.

Filed Under: Events, Featured, NER Out Loud, News & Notes Tagged With: NER Out Loud

Meet the Interns

Kate and Andrew

September 19, 2022

Kate Sadoff and Andrew Grossman, summer 2022 interns

Kate Sadoff and Andrew Grossman spent the summer at New England Review, producing two episodes of the NER Out Loud podcast, to be released in August and October. They also designed a new display for Davis Library, created posts for our website, weighed in on cover art, and helped out wherever needed. Here they interview each other for our “Meet the Interns” series.

Should we start with the basics? Hometown, year, major, fun fact?

KS: Los Angeles, CA, 2023.5’, Creative Writing, I hate doing those. 
AG: Greenwich, CT, 2023.5’, Creative Writing, I also hate fun facts.
KS: Fun fact is that Andrew and I are part of the same original Feb class. 
AG: Fun fact is that we hadn’t spoken to each other until this year, oops.                

Andrew, what was your favorite part of this internship?

KS: Andrew is too busy editing our podcast to answer this, so I’ll answer instead. Even though I was extremely nervous, my favorite part was interviewing authors for our podcast. We chose the pieces we were both drawn to. The more we read them, the more we loved them, so hearing authors speak on pieces we became genuinely attached to was special and rewarding. Our conversations ended up flowing much more organically than I expected.  

AG: I’m done editing, for now. Inevitably I will return to LogicPro as a podcaster’s job is never done until Carolyn tells me I have to be done. I thoroughly enjoyed coming to a beautiful bright office and getting to read exciting new pieces from so many different authors. I also loved reading slush pile pieces and pieces from the new issue back to back. Never has being a creative writer felt so approachable and yet so out of reach.  

Kate, what’s your moon sign?

KS: Pisces. Yours?
AG: Virgo. 
KS: I knew you reminded me of my mother. 
AG: My mother’s also a Virgo. Curious.
KS: And your Sun?
AG: Capricorn. But you knew that already. 
KS: Sorry, I wanted this to come off a little more natural. Makes sense. I love Capricorns.
AG: I forgot you were a Gemini. That makes sense too. Andrew grimaces and breaks the fourth wall. 
KS: What’s that supposed to mean? Kate scoffs. 

They both scroll on the CoStar app.

KS: We have to work to understand each other’s moods and emotions. Andrew, I never know what you’re feeling. 
AG: It’s hard opening up; being vulnerable is something I’m working on as a Cap, but if I can learn to trust a Gemini, I can learn to trust anyone. 

Do you want to know a secret about Andrew?

AG: No. 
KS: He doesn’t know his left from his right. 
AG: I just think it’s funny that you asked “Am I clear on the left” when you were in the driver’s seat. Food for thought.

What’s a tip for writing good emails? 

KS: Don’t be yourself. 
AG: Just avoid them at all costs. Text messages too. If you wait long enough, Kate will do it. 
KS: I can’t answer my own text messages, Andrew. I’ve been getting bogged down in email punctuation. How to be lighthearted with exclamations without sounding superficially ecstatic, how to use periods without sounding too stern, how to alternate periods and exclamation points without sounding like a robot—can anyone help me?  

Earliest book crush?

AG: Kate from the Mysterious Benedict Society 
KS: Bunnicula
AG: ?
KS: …

Formative books from your childhood?

AG: I remember being intrigued by the cover of When You Reach Me and reading it over the course of a single day because I was so hooked. It was baby’s first twist ending, but my mind was thoroughly blown; it showed me the power and beauty of a well written story. 
KS: When I was in fourth grade, I read this book called Diary of a Chickabiddy Baby by Emma Kallok. She wrote the book when she was ten years old and it was published when she was thirteen. I became obsessed with the book, and started copying the main character, borrowing phrases from the text, ultimately deciding it was feasible for ten-year-old me to be a published author too. I then submitted a story to Stone Soup, titled “How the Ladybug Got Its Spots.” Needless to say, I faced rejection early. I still wonder, though, if I’d be a STEM major if not for Chickabiddy baby.  
AG: Honorable mentions include Because of Winn-Dixie and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Tale of Despereaux. 
KS: In agreement with Andrew, anything by Kate DiCamillo, the Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton, the Judy Blume canon, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, and the Wayside School series by Louis Sachar. 

Bonus round, rapid fire: Where are you? What’s your favorite book? What’s your biggest unfulfilled dream? What’s your biggest regret? What was the last nightmare you had?

KS: NER office swivel chair, Sylvia by Leonard Michaels, opening a diner in the midst of the desert that only serves different kinds of pancakes, not taking a language at Middlebury, I’d prefer not to comment.  
AG: NER office floor, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Hiking the PCT, not having our interns’ outing at the route seven used book shop, Kate’s goose impression makes its way into my nightmares pretty often.

Horoscope do’s and don’ts? 

AG: DO focus group, white Flag, erasers, DON’T grasping at straws, keyboard smash, pocket lint. 
KS: Pretty apt. You look ready for a keyboard smash. Mine are DO phone calls, waxing poetic, FM radio, DON’T plot twists, feedback loops, half-truths. 

NER internship do’s and don’ts. 

Do
KS: Look through the earliest exclusive NERs.  
AG: Watch for the baby wagon that passes the office once a day. 
KS: Pay attention during “staff meetings” and wait for fantastic tangents. 
AG: Pet Oscar. 
KS: Try Carolyn’s kombucha (if she offers it). 
AG: Keep working on getting NER verified on Twitter and IG. 
KS: Triple check names and spellings. 

Don’t
AG: Use zoom to record an interview (go see Gary [WRMC]).
KS: Take the earliest exclusive NERs from the shelf. 
AG: Smell Oscar’s breath. 
KS: Try to print from the intern computers (Eli will be on the phone for hours). 
AG: Try to change the Wikipedia article (but actually do, sorry in advance). 
KS: Sit in the comfy chair unless you’ve already committed to napping in the office. 
AG: Come to Marquis Trivia ever, because we’ll beat you (and there’s never space).
KS: Take it personally. 

Kate and Andrew’s compiled book recs (we realized early on in our friendship there was some overlap): 

Kate and Andrew’s aforementioned favorites: 
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders) 
Sylvia (Leonard Michaels) 

For classics: 
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
Franny and Zooey (J. D. Salinger)
White Noise (Don DeLillo)

For something a bit heady:
Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)

For the beach:
An Absolutely Remarkable Think (Hank Green)
Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn) 

For tears: 
We the Animals (Justin Torres)
Tiny Beautiful Things (Cheryl Strayed)
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)

Excellent short stories:
Sonny’s Blues (James Baldwin)
The Moon in Its Flight (Gilbert Sorrentino)
The Masters Castle (Anthony Doerr)

Favorite non-fic essays: 
The Fourth State of Matter (Jo Ann Beard)
Living Like Weasels (Annie Dillard)
Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley (David Foster Wallace)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion) 

Breaking: Andrew and I just decided to start a book club this year. Let us know if you want to join! (Currently Full 2/2, accepting applications for our waitlist). 

TBR:
The Night Watchman (NER author Louise Erdrich)
Nine Stories (J. D. Salinger)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
How Strange a Season (Megan Mayhew Bergman <3)
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
A Visit from the Goon Squad (NER author Jennifer Egan) 
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)

Filed Under: Featured, Interns Tagged With: Andrew Grossman, Kate Sadoff, NER Out Loud

New Episode of NER Out Loud

Milia Ayache & Amina Hassan: Collaboration & Conversation

August 31, 2022

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)

Filed Under: Audio, Featured, NER Out Loud, News & Notes, Podcast Tagged With: Amina Hassan, Andrew Grossman, Kate Sadoff, Milia Ayache, NER Out Loud

Two New Episodes of NER Out Loud

Michael McGriff and Jesse Lee Kercheval

October 6, 2021

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).

Visit NER’s podcast page here. You can also subscribe on Apple Podcasts or listen on Soundcloud.

Filed Under: Audio, Featured, News & Notes, Podcast Tagged With: Jesse Lee Kercheval, Michael McGriff, NER Out Loud

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