Four times his work was selected to appear in prize poem annuals (The Borestone Mountain Awards of 1967 and 1975, and the 1985 and 1987 Anthology of Magazine Verse).

Marcus was also a long time co-host of The Poetry Show on KUSP (a former Santa Cruz public radio station).

His film reviews became part of a television show Cinema Scene,[3] shown in the San Francisco Bay Area, which he co-hosted with Richard von Busack.

In addition to writing and reviewing movies, Marcus also taught film and English at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz.

[1] Marcus's poetry archive, working papers, interviews, and correspondence are held in the Special Collections at University of California, Santa Cruz.