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In the Margin

“The curling ends of cursive letters reach toward something that is impossible to grasp. The problem is evident on the page: there is always a space between one thing and another.”

by Nell Marcus on October 31, 2025

воскресенье

the sun sets its sorry self behind the dining hall & the clouds above the roof are pink like gently-used gauze. i close my eyes and try to remember how it feels when things are beautiful. on the widow’s walk … Read More

by Nell Marcus on August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

Middle of Nowhere, Zen New Jersey

It’s all alphabet soup
in 12-pt font,
bitter black bleeding into vegetable stock —
A poem or two or three, falling into one another like bodies in orbit

by Nell Marcus on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

In Arizona

A Nass writer explores friendships from afar.

by Nell Marcus on February 28, 2025

Clockwise

A Nass writer contemplates time, time passing, and missing people a lot

by Nell Marcus on November 7, 2024November 11, 2024

A Jaanipäev Night’s Dream

“Simeon stuffs a cool mint Zyn under his top lip. Is he lost? I ask him what his favorite movie is. Anything Woody Allen.”

by Nell Marcus on October 10, 2024October 12, 2024


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