Fez Avery and Marcel Fable Price

Fez Avery is a poet and performer from Michigan and the author of CLAYBOY (Write Bloody Publishing, 2026). He holds an MFA in poetry from Virginia Tech and *some* of a PhD from Western Michigan University, and is the 2026-2027 Visiting Instructor of Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. His work can be found in The Journal, Gulf Coast, Passages North, swamp pink, and elsewhere.

Marcel Fable Price is an award-winning storyteller, former Poet Laureate, entrepreneur, and community strategist. A self-taught creative who has helped raise more than $6 million for community initiatives, his work explores grief, love, leadership, and possibility, reminding audiences that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things.