After the April 2026 defeat of Victor Orbán, Hungary’s long-term prime minister and leader of Fidesz, NER international correspondent Ellen Hinsey spoke to constitutional scholar Gábor Attila Tóth about the progress of democracy in Hungary after its undoing by Orbán’s illiberal regime.
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Hungary After Orbán
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Matthew Olzmann Joins NER as Poetry Editor
New England Review is delighted to announce that Matthew Olzmann has joined our staff as poetry editor! Matthew is an accomplished poet, editor, and educator with strong ties to various poetry communities, including Kundiman and Bread Loaf, Warren Wilson and Dartmouth College.
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Tasha Deen & Murtaza Bugti
This spring Tasha Deen and Murtaza Bugti spent their afternoons in the New England Review office. They organized and hosted an event for our student reading series, read submissions in all genres, and interviewed authors from issue 46.1.
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Morgan Hargrave
Staff reader Elizabeth Sutton talks with NER author Morgan Hargrave about funerary rituals, living á la carte, and chasing beauty in his story “Arrangements,” from issue 46.1.
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Ugochukwu Damian Okpara
NER intern Murtaza Bugti talks with poet Ugochukwu Damian Okpara about dislocation, formal disruption, and navigating a poetics of tenderness in his two poems from issue 46.1.
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Audio
PODCAST Listen to readings and conversations with New England Review authors in our NER Out Loud podcast. FROM OUR PAGES You can also listen to individual pieces from recent issues of NER, read by the author. Here are some recent examples: Vol. 45, No. 4 Vol. 45, No. 3 Vol. 45, No. 2 Vol. 45, […]
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Neha Bagchi
Neha Bagchi, a writer of fiction and poetry, is serving as an additional fiction editor for the spring 2025. She translates poetry from Bengali and Hindi/Urdu into English, studies translation theory, and is working on a critical analysis of Tagore’s “Gitanjali” in translation. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University […]
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Ulysses Reading Series
The NER Ulysses Reading Series is a biannual, in-person reading series hosted in Middlebury College’s vibrant and accessible Humanities House (115 Franklin Street). Named after artist James MacDonell’s Visualizing Ulysses series of schematic prints, which hang throughout the house, this series celebrates new work by writers at all stages of their careers. Featuring a curated […]
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Mission & History
MISSION The mission of New England Review is to publish the most provoking and rewarding writing of our time from established and emerging writers across the globe. We are dedicated to inclusive excellence and believe writing that embraces “difficulty”—be it formal, conceptual, or linguistic—nurtures our democracy. NER strives to empower readers and writers to trust […]
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Jehanne Dubrow
The new episode of NER Out Loud features a reading and conversation with poet and essayist Jehanne Dubrow.
