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The Slow Horizon That Breathes

The Slow Horizon That Breathes

Maria Nazos' translations of Greek poet Dimitra Kotoula engage troubled relationships, the financial crisis, and motherhood.

2023

A. E. Stallings (Introduction by), et al.

A. E. Stallings (Introduction by), Dimitra Kotoula, et al.

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Apology to the Sun

The sun is slowly burning out, which means it will grow more luminous each year before exhausting itself in vain. What’s a girl to do…

May 6

Apology to the Sun

May 6

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Scribe

Karaoke Cab

Provincetown, MA

May 2

Karaoke Cab

May 2

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The Interstitial

All You Need is Love

When the song throbbed through the basement ceiling, you knew your mother was at it again:

May 1

All You Need is Love

May 1

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Scribe

Happy Hour

A woman in her seventies with a feathered haircut droops like a lily over the bar. She’s lost

Apr 29

Happy Hour

Apr 29

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Woman to Woman

At the Old Colony Tap, she and I are having one of those uneasy talks that women have when no one else will listen. Her ex, who is my ex…

Apr 5

Woman to Woman

Apr 5

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The Interstitial

Imperfect Hymn

The boy born with webbed feet will find he can walk on water. People will watch in awe at his talent as he treads over syringes that…

Dec 2

Imperfect Hymn

Dec 2

Published in
Scribe

Book Burning

I opened my email to read a critical friend’s review of my new work: You lost your forward movement.

Nov 30

Book Burning

Nov 30

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Scribe

Choir

As I leaned over the balcony of what I thought was a deserted church, girls drifted into the chamber, their dresses floating through the…

Nov 30

Choir

Nov 30

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The Interstitial

Late Friend

— for my beloved Jose “Joe” Gouveia

Nov 26

Late Friend

Nov 26

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The Interstitial

Me, too, again

*Trigger warning: contains references to sexual assault and stalking

Nov 25

Me, too, again

Nov 25

Maria Nazos

Maria Nazos

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#Poet, #translator, & author of PULSE (Omnidawn 2026). Poem in NYER. Substack: https://marianazos.substack.com/

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