MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – New England Review’s (NER) latest issue presents a radio play by Albert Camus in its first English translation. The play evokes the streets of Paris during the Nazi Occupation through the use of World War II radio archives and original voices.
Also in this issue, Charles Johnson, author of the National Book Award–winning novel Middle Passage and numerous collections of fiction and essays, talks about his long career in art and writing. This conversation with Nathaniel G. Nesmith, former C-3 postdoctoral Fellow at Middlebury College, ranges over topics from public radio and cartooning to Buddhism and the “metaphysical slave narrative.”
Fiction includes a debut story by Trinidadian writer Celeste Mohammed, as well as new work from the renowned writer and pediatrician Perri Klass. Among the poets featured in this issue’s diverse selection are NEA Fellow Adrienne Su, Whiting Award–winner Paul Guest, and medieval scholar Evelyn Reynolds.
Published by Middlebury College, New England Review is a nationally recognized literary journal that cultivates artistic excellence and innovation in contemporary writing and engages readers deeply in the literary arts through its quarterly publication, dynamic web presence, and public reading series.