Mariel Fechik

Mariel Fechik is a writer and musician from Chicago, IL, where she works in a library. She sings lead for the band Fay Ray and is a music writer for Atwood Magazine and Third Coast Review. Her poetry has been published in various literary journals, and she is a Best of the Net and Bettering American Poetry nominee. Her debut chapbook Millicent is due May 25, 2019 from Ghost City Press.

Poetry

Millicent
Ghost City Press (Chapbook, Forthcoming May 2019)

Dream for her; You begin the task
Honey & Lime Lit

& the end; Kohaku River
Bad Pony Magazine

An Encyclopedia of Everything We’ve Touched
Ghost City Press Microchapbook Summer Series

Freshwater
Cream City Review (Print)

summer 1998
Yes Poetry (September Poet of the Month)

Fawns
Tinderbox Poetry Journal

Poem for my grandmother as daguerreotype, Mare
L'Ephemere Review’s Beyond the Shallows Anthology

double exposure; Hibernation
Synaesthesia Magazine

Glow Worms; Lake St. Mary; The Way It Was
Hobart

She
Rust + Moth

An Encyclopedia of Everything We’ve Touched
Gravel.

Drift
Sundog Lit

Alternate
Voicemail Poems

January, After the Storm; Merpeople; Museum Piece; Menagerie
FIVE:2:ONE Magazine

Fossil
Noble / Gas Qrtly (Best of the Net Nominee)

Recipe
OCCULUM

A Way to Drown
3Elements Review

Acadia; Appalachia; A Cupped Palm
L'Ephemere Review (Bettering American Poetry Nominee)

My family history is that of
Crab Fat Magazine

Morning; hounds
Cosmonaut’s Avenue

Still Life; Love Poem
tenderness lit

bodies
Lines + Stars

Gifted Bodies
Glass: A Journal of Poetry

Making Soup; Mare; EPITAPH: WELL
Noble / Gas Qrtly

Hospice
Rabbit Catastrophe Review (Print, Real Good Poem Prize Finalist)

when you are sinking
Dream Pop Journal

variations on light
Peach Mag

July 4
Maudlin House

Dusk; Alternate
Black Napkin Press


Reviews

Kerri French's Every Room In the Body
Glass Poetry Press

Melissa Eleftherion's Field Guide to Autobiography
Glass Poetry Press


Atwood Magazine (Selected)

Three Majors & a Minor: A Conversation with Laura Stevenson

Premiere: Cricket Blue's Subtle Magic Glimmers On "Alicia From The Store"

Review: Gabriel Kahane’s Evocative and Intimate “Book of Travelers”

Our Take: Neko Case’s Fiery New Record, “Hell-On”

Interview with Post Animal: Castles, Ghosts, & the Joy of the Moment

Premiere: Parks Burton’s Otherworldly Songs “Powder Down” & “The Valley”

This Just In: Post Animal’s Infectious & Driving “Ralphie” feat. Joe Keery of Stranger Things

Today’s Song: Chris Thile and Sarah Jarosz’s Ode to “Modern Friendship”

Our Take: The Warmth and Grace of Nai Palm’s Solo Debut Needle Paw

Moses Sumney’s Insular and Intimate “Indulge Me”

Our Take: The Whimsical, Heartfelt Beauty of Kalbells' Ten Flowers