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 Only Light We’ve Got” by Angelique Stevens, read by the author, from NER 40.2.

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“The Only Light We’ve Got” is part of our eleventh episode, which also features “Parcel” by Joannie Stangeland and “English Rain” by George Szirtes.