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.

Marina Pavlova reads an excerpt of her translation of Marina Tsvetaeva‘s “Poem of the Mountain” in both Russian and English. This sampling from “Poem of the Mountain” was first published in English in NER 45.1 (2024).

Listen to the poem in Russian:

Listen to the poem in English: