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 “Food Court Ghost Town” by Jakob Maier, read by the author, from NER 40.4.

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“Food Court Ghost Town” is part of our tenth episode, which also features “Daddy’s Aitch” by Greg Johnson and “The Body Wars” by Jan Beatty.