Staff reader Nick Bertelson talks with poet Patrick Phillips about writing the dead beloved, the kinship between poetry and ministry, and the sacred and the profane in his poem “Shit Story” from NER 46.3-4.
Author: Leslie Sainz
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Patrick Phillips
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Jessie Li
NER 46.3-4 contributor Jessie Li talks with staff reader Dana Lynch about infinite universes, writing in first-person plural, and the function of misunderstanding in her short story “How We Met Our Father.”
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A Word: Notes on Literary Argument
“A novel’s success does not rest on its function as polemics or a jeremiad, but to a large extent it does rest on its logic. And since novels exist in the world, it’s not a stretch to say that novels have a large stake in articulating societal illogics . . .”
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Tabish Khair
Poet, novelist, critic, and NER contributor Tabish Khair presents a brief essay and interview with author, librarian, and community organizer Mridula Koshy.
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Virtual Fiction Celebration
Join us on Thursday, January 22, at 8:00 PM ET on Zoom for a celebratory reading honoring our outgoing fiction editor Ernest McLeod.
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December ’25 Reading Roundup
Browse & shop new books by Alla Gorbunova, Celeste Mohammed, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, & more.
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Olakunle Ologunro
NER 46.3-4 author Olakunle Ologunro talks with staff reader Zara Karschay about looking back versus looking at, the behavioral consequences of heat, and breaking his own heart while writing his story “Home Training.”
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Sydney Alexander & Gus Morrill
This fall Sydney Alexander and Gus Morrill spent their Monday and Wednesday afternoons in the New England Review office. They read paper submissions in all genres, performed in our special NER Out Loud presentation for President Baucom’s inauguration, conducted research on literary magazine contests, and much more.
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Maggie Mull
Staff reader Peter Witte talks with NER 46.3-4 contributor Maggie Mull about defamiliarization, the paradox of authenticity, and the uncomfortable humor in her story “Rounded at the Tips.”
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Maggie Su
Maggie Su began her role as a fiction editor for NER in 2025. Prior to joining our team, she held editorial appointments at The Georgia Review, Acre Books, The Cincinnati Review, and Indiana Review. She was a senior reader for Ploughshares for several years and has read manuscripts for Hub City Press. She is the […]
