Martin Hickel

Martin Hickel is a poet and former newspaper journalist. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University and founded the Lassen County Times in Susanville. He has also worked on Mendocino County community papers. His poems have appeared in Canary, including "Going Back" and "Just So," and he has published more than a dozen chapbooks. He is a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and appeared in the Overthrowing Capitalism anthology series. He was the featured reader at Writers Read in Ukiah in March 2026.