Rachel E. Hicks
Rachel E. Hicks’s poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in Presence, Ekstasis, The Baltimore Review, Front Porch Republic, Fare Forward, and other journals. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she has won prizes for her poetry and fiction. Rachel is the assistant editor at Mars Hill Audio. A global nomad who has lived in seven countries, she now lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband. She has two adult children. Her debut poetry collection is Accumulated Lessons in Displacement (Wipf and Stock, 2025).
Articles by Rachel E. Hicks
Fairer Country, Higher Ground, or Home
The title poem, “Home Song,” is deceptively simple in its sing-song iambic trimeter and mostly monosyllabic words. Yet the reader is pulled quickly into a dream of home, hearth, children,…
On Milosz, Exile, and Humane Art
Was it his commitment to truth in art that ultimately preserved his faith? Perhaps—God may have worked in that mysterious way. He seemed, late in life, to come to an…