My panel was chosen for Split This Rock’s 2018 poetry festival
This is another lucky year for me and literary festivals/conferences! First, my panel for AWP 2018 was accepted, now my panel for […]
Author: Marlena Chertock
Marlena is a digital storyteller and poetry editor at District Lit. Her first poetry book, On that one-way trip to Mars, is available from Bottlecap Press.
Second annual D.C. Art Book Fair this weekend!
This weekend, Sunday, November 5, I’ll be tabling with my sister again at the second annual D.C. Art Book Fair from 12-5 p.m at […]
Upcoming panel for #AWP18: Crip Lit: Writing Our Truths
I am so excited to let you all know that I got a second panel into the Association of Writers & Writing Programs […]
Puerto Rico begins rebuilding its electric grid
The Hurricane that slammed into Puerto Rico last month was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Caribbean. Her […]
How to make your literary magazine more inclusive
After having this important conversation at AWP 2017 on how to make writing communities more inclusive to all of us, I decided […]
Crumb-sized book giveaway 📖
I’m hosting a book giveaway for a signed copy of Crumb-sized! Who will the lucky winner be? To enter, you’ll need to use Instagram. To […]
On that one-way trip to Mars reviewed in Agape Editions
My first book got some love today! Jennifer MacBain-Stephens, herself the author of three poetry collections, reviewed On that one-way trip to Mars in Agape Editions. […]
Featured in Noble/Gas Quarterly’s Objects of Derision
Noble/Gas Quarterly chose me as their September Objects of Derision feature. They interviewed me about my inspirations for writing Crumb-sized, — being bullied as […]
Crumb-sized in the press 🙏📢
Crumb-sized has been out for a month! How did that happen? It’s old enough to move its arms jerkily, squeeze its non-existent hands […]
Coming out about my invisible disability
Last month, I had an article published in The Mighty called “Why I’m Coming Out About My Invisible Disability.” The Mighty is […]
Crumb-sized reviewed in the Chicago Review of Books
It’s pub day for Crumb-sized and I’m over the moon! Already, Yasmin Gunaratnam has written a beautiful review in the Chicago Review of […]
Interview in Rogue Agent
I was recently interviewed in Rogue Agent’s August issue! Editor Jill Khoury posed important questions about my journey toward writing poetry that describes the […]
Good things come in Crumb-sized packages
I’m so excited to share my second collection of poetry with you. Crumb-sized is being published by Unnamed Press in August — my […]
Worthy bodies: Highlighting disabled writers in District Lit
District Lit, the journal I’m the Poetry Editor for, recently published our Disability Issue. These writers and artists share their raw truths […]
Earth’s future is uninhabitable
I feel like I’ve just come back from a long trip to the future, and returned, and I’m stricken. I finished reading […]
Reporting on green energy
Through the years, I’ve been carving out my beat of green energy. It’s what I’m interested in, not only for the implications on […]
Summer reading ☀️📚
I love summer for countless reasons. There’s more time to lounge and read, the days grow longer, my birthday falls in the […]
Poems in Wicked Banshee Press’s The Devil’s Doorbell: Vagina Edition
I have two poems in Wicked Banshee Press’s The Devil’s Doorbell: Vagina Edition, which was published in March. You can now purchase […]
Interview in Wordgathering
I was recently interviewed in Wordgathering’s June issue! Editor Mike Northen asked great, difficult questions, including: how I see my role as […]
Poems in Daughter Literary Magazine
I’m so excited to have two poems in Daughter’s inaugural issue. Daughter, a new literary magazine focusing on sharing the voices of women or female-identifying […]