Nikita Nelin

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Nikita Nelin was born in Moscow, Russia and immigrated to the U.S in 1989. He has lived in Austria and Italy, and has traveled the U.S extensively. He received the Sean O’Faolain prize for short fiction, the Summer Literary Seminars prize for nonfiction, and the Dogwood Literary Prize in Nonfiction, as well as being chosen as a finalist for the Restless Books Immigrant prize and the Dzanc Books prize. His work has been published in print and online. Nikita has conducted research through the Harriman Institute as well as translation through Yale Press, and has written on the convergence between fringe and at-large cultural trends for the Hannah Arendt Center. He holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, is a 2019 Associate Fellow at The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, and is a member of the Southern Experience Collective.

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03/18/20 AF

April 02, 2020 / Nikita Nelin

I’m big, shit…

If it ain’t love,

what do I got to offer to the world?

There’s as much of that as the rest of me.

Come take a bite.

You don’t need permission

for me to feel for you,

because I’ve traveled drought to contemplation,

to another episode of a beating heart,

and returned to the desert,

a rucksack stuffed with drops.

Do not be concerned if they appear meaningless at first.

Each contains something of my past, my friends, and family.

If you’re afraid to proceed,

do not pause there –

I will drink with you.

I will drink with you,

my love

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