Welcome. I’m Marie—a writer from the marshlands of Mystic, Connecticut, living and working in Brooklyn, New York.
My poems, essays, and reviews have been published in The Believer, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, About Place Journal, and elsewhere. I write an occasional essay newsletter called Liminal City. I received my MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University.
By day, I work as the Communications Director for NY Renews, a coalition of nearly 400 environmental, labor, youth, and community groups organizing for climate justice across New York.
In my past lives, I’ve worked as an editor, educator, and server in many, many restaurants. Most recently, I was a lecturer at Rutgers University–Camden, where I taught critical and creative writing and served as the Media Organizer for my union, the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union.
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Marie Scarles 