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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04/27/20 Where We’re Going

May 04, 2020 / Nikita Nelin

There is no consciousness to this place;

tragedy is when everything goes wrong;

comedy, if everyone gets married,

even the jester;

it’s hard to tell the difference

if you have not shared a drink with the author,

vetted their intentions,

put out a cigarette or two

and over-tipped the clown.

There’s always some cocky bird

trying to wrestle meaning

from a naked land.

If you want to know “where we’re going,”

ask serendipity how she always finds her way back

to the lead of the show,

and edit your prayers

to suit her voyage

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