Nina Kossman, at The Blogs

Mar 14, 2023, 9:52 AM

A Mini Play Stage Directions: A large cocoon looking like an enormous egg hangs from the ceiling in the middle of the stage. Inside a cocoon sits a woman. She will be referred to as “Woman in the Cocoon” throughout...

Feb 14, 2023, 9:45 AM

On Baths and Dinosaurs

The teacher came in, sat down. The student was already there, waiting for the teacher. The teacher said, "Today we will continue working on your essay. Last time we were writing about... now, remind me...what was it?" The student, a twelve-year-old...

Dec 20, 2022, 5:27 AM

New Immigrants Moving Into Settlements Need more Knowledge of the Conflict

I do not find it strange that Russians & Ukrainians with Jewish roots but without any prior focus on Israel try to escape Russia's aggression against Ukraine by immigrating to Israel, but I do find it ironic that some...

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Nina Kossman, born in Moscow, is a bilingual poet, memoirist, playwright, translator of Russian poetry, and artist. She lives in New York where she edits EastWest Literary Forum, a bilingual literary magazine in English and Russian.

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