Join us on Tuesday, March 31, at 8:00 PM ET for a virtual reading celebrating the six finalists for the 2026 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers. Featuring Michael Carson, Joel Cuthbertson, Tom DeBeauchamp, Abigail Dembo, Maja Lukic, & Paul S. Ukrainets.

Seán Carlson reads an excerpt from his essay “False Cognates,” which first appeared in NER 45.4‘s special feature “Chungking Express at 40: Rewatching Wong Kar Wai.”