Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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Marcus Jackson

Marcus Jackson is an award-winning poet and visual artist. His forthcoming book of street portraits and poems, Love’s Austere and Lonely Offices (Northwestern University Press), will be out in June 2026. Jackson lives in Columbus, Ohio, and directs the creative writing MFA at the Ohio State University.