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.

Listen to the audio recording of the story “Chinese Opera” by Anne Raeff, read by Gabby Valdivieso.

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“Chinese Opera” is part of our episode on art and destruction, which also features a poem by Henry Kearney IV.