Marcel Fable Price

…is a multi-hyphenate, self-directed, intuitive creative whose primary medium resides somewhere between oratory expression and creative writing. Fable is the 2016 recipient of a Community Advocate Award, 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree, was the 2017-2020 Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, MI, a 2020 Grand Rapids area Black Businesses “Black Bottom Community Builder” Award winner, 2021 Michigan Humanities Impact Partner of the Year, 2022 Newsmaker of the Year, and was given the “Imagination Award” by the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology in 2023.

Fable was the youngest, first person without a college degree, and the first person of color to hold the title of Poet Laureate in Grand Rapids, MI. His work is a kaleidoscope of personal experiences, crafted into stained glass examples of transformation intended to connect with readers in a painstakingly beautiful way, regardless of their own lived experience. Fable truly believes that the mortar to our humanity is shared experience, and without intentionally searching for ways to connect, our individual gospels will only remain surface hymns.

His work has previously been used by PBS, The Frey Foundation, Mental Health America, and Habitat for Humanity. He has graced the cover of Grand Rapids Magazine, and his poems have appeared in The Missouri Review, Button Poetry, and Write About Now. He has also been a "Month Main Stage" Storyteller, and his poems have been used for the inauguration of state representatives and even a Senate Majority Leader.

Marcel’s first full-length collection New American Monarch is available for pre-order and releases to the public in October 2024. This work promises to be a transformative experience, blending poetry, prose, and stories in a way that reflects his unique creative vision.