crip lit – Marlena Chertock

A Love Poem for Pride Month

My poem, “She gave me COVID on our first date”, is out now on DC Pride Poems. This poem is pretty self-explanatory 😂. And […]

I had a dream come true ten years ago. My book On that one-way trip to Mars was published in May 2016 — which is somehow a decade ago!

How to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day & upcoming readings The Mid-Atlantic Review is hosting a community reading and fundraiser this […]

Gesher Tzar Me’od My sister and I barely made our transfer in Frankfurt. We were meeting my dad and stepmom in Kraków, […]

It’s been one year since my hip replacement. Time is a weird, fluid thing. It feels like it’s only been a few […]

Last month, I participated in the live reading of “Squishy But Firm: Sexcapades of a Crip Girl”, as part of the Kennedy […]

I’m so excited to be speaking on a panel at AWP again! Next year, at AWP 2022, I’ll be joining Crip Time […]

I’m thrilled that TWO of my panels were accepted for the AWP 2019 conference in Portland, Oregon! Dates/times still TBA. So keep […]

So, this little thing called AWP happened. It’s already flown by, and what a whirlwind it was. AWP is jam-packed with so […]

I am so excited to let you all know that I got a second panel into the Association of Writers & Writing Programs […]