MayaBargdorf,RowanHeffelfinger,andKateRyan—threeMiddleburyCollegeseniors—readanexcerptofClaraThomasBailey,aplaybyCaridadSvich.
Afterthereading,podcasthostKatieFuttermantalkstoSvichabouthowshecametowriteplays,herapproachtoaudience,andthemultipleanxietiesthatinfluencethisplay.
Theytalkabouttheirprocessofcollaboration,theinfluenceoffairytalesandfoundingmyths,andthegloballoveaffairbetweenfathersandtheirtelevisionsets.
LuMilaandMichelleMarquezreadtwoworksofshortfictionbyCubanauthorsAnnaLidiaVegaSerovaandJorgeEnriqueLage,bothtranslatedbyJenniferShyue.
PodcasthostMadisonMiddletoninterviewsShyue,whotalksabouthowshefellinlovewithtranslationanddetailssomeofthepleasuresandperilsofthisexactingandcreativework.
Whatcanlovemean
AnessayandapoemfromrecentissuesofNERexploreformsoflovethatexistoutsidethetraditionalboundsofromanceandfamily.
ThisepisodewasproducedandhostedbyCourtneyWright,aReligion,Philosophy,andtheEnvironmentmajorinMiddlebury’sclassof2021.5.
SummerinternSimoneEdgarHolmesbringstogetherthreerecentNERauthorsinEpisode11.Theyexaminetheirregularpassageoftime,themeaningofhome,andthecuriousbondsoffamily.TheauthorsrecordedtheseworksintheirownhomesinWymondham,England;Seattle,Washington;andRochester,NewYork.
JanBeattyreadsherpoem“TheBodyWars,”GregJohnsonreadsexcerptsfromhismemoir“Daddy’sAitch,”andJakobMaierreadshispoem“FoodCourtGhostTown.”Ruhamah,ourwinter2020intern,alsospokebrieflytoTriciaAllen,oftheIlsleyPublicLibraryindowntownMiddlebury,aboutthepowerofpoetry.
Episode7,hostedbyNERinternsRahatHudaandLeilaMarkosian,featurestwomemoirssteepedinchildhood,fromNEROutLoud’sVermontWritersSeries.
Episode5,hostedandeditedbyJulietteLuini,isthefirstinNEROutLoud’sVermontWritersSeries.
Episode4presentstwoshortstories,exploringfemaleidentitiesandexperiences,byEmilyGeminderandAllaGorbunova,translatedfromtheRussianbyElinaAlter.HostedbyMeganJobandreadbystudentsfromOratoryNow.EditedbyHannahMcKenzieandJulietteLuini.
HostedbyMeganJob,thisepisodepresentsapoemandastory,bothusingformandlanguagetoillustratethecontemporarycondition.ReadbystudentsfromtheMiddleburyTheatreDepartmentandOratoryNow.EditedbyNERinternTessWeitzner.
HostedbyKylieWinger,thisepisodeshowcasespoemsbythreewell-knownandmuch-lovedAmericanpoets.ReadbystudentsfromtheMiddleburyTheatreDepartmentandOratoryNow.EditedbyNERinternJulietteLuini.
TworecentpiecesfromNERthatconvergeonthethemesofartanddestruction.EditedandhostedbyJulietteLuini;directedbySamTompkinsMartin;readbystudentsfromtheMiddleburyTheatreDepartmentandOratoryNow.
Literature&Democracy
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