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Will Alexander (poet)
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Name
Will (poet)
Role
Poet
Books
Compression & Purity: City Light, Asia & Haiti, The Sri Lankan Loxodrome, Towards the Primeval, Exobiology As Goddess
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Will Alexander (Poet) (born 1948) is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and visual artist. He was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry in 2001 and a California Arts Council Fellowship in 2002.
He graduated from the University of Colorado, and from University at Buffalo.
He has worked several jobs (including the LA Lakers box office), taught at various institutions, and has been associated with the nonprofit organization Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, working with underserved, at-risk youth.
Alexander’s poetry and his visual art have been greatly influenced by his readings of Bob Kaufman, Octavio Paz, and Francophone Negritude writers such as Aimé Cesaire and Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo. Alexander describes their themes of cosmic isolation from society and interior discovery as an “alchemical metamorphosis.” Much of Alexander’s work is characterized by this powerful mix of metaphor and sophisticated language.
Works
Vertical Rainbow Climber. Jazz Press, 1987.
Archane Lavender Morals. Leave Books, 1994.
The Stratospheric Canticles. Pantograph Press, 1995. ISBN 1-880766-08-6
Asia & Haiti. Sun & Moon Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55713-189-9
Above the Human Nerve Domain. Pavement Saw Press, 1998. ISBN 1-886350-81-7
Towards the Primeval Lightning Field. O Books, 1998. ISBN 1-882022-30-0
Exobiology as Goddess. Manifest Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-9673885-8-8
Sunrise In Armageddon. Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-933132-17-4
Inalienable Recognitions. Tract Series #4. eohippus labs, 2009.