Listen to a reading of Song Seung Eon’s poems in both Korean and English and a conversation with the translator.
Month: August 2024
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Soje’s Translations Challenge Literary Hierarchies
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Sydney Smith & Hamilton Smith
This summer, Sydney Smith and Hamilton Smith spent their Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons in the New England Review office.
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Lauren Acampora
Senior reader Andrew Kane talks with NER author Lauren Acampora about hypocrisy, the rich symbolism of the suburbs, human-animal relationships, and her story “Dominion” from issue 45.2.
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Fay Dillof
NER poetry reader Carolyn Orosz talks with contributor Fay Dillof about excavation versus elegy, resisting the temptation of sentimentality, and her poem “We Used to Go Swimming Together” from issue 45.2.
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Isabelle Stillman
Editorial intern Vee Syengo ’25 talks to former NER intern and current editor, writer, and musician Isabelle Stillman ’16 about the comfort of routine, anti-productivity, and writing within the family saga genre.
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Rein Raud
“I don’t think it is possible to have a functioning society, capable of evolving and making smart collective decisions, if a single “correct” narrative is imposed on it—a story of what was, is, and will be . . .”
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August ’24 Reading Roundup
Browse & shop new books by Yoko Ogawa, Carl Phillips, Baek Sehee, Wendell Berry, & more.
