Will Alexander (born 1948) is an American 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.
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 his work is characterized by this powerful mix of metaphor and sophisticated language. According to the
Poetry Foundation, his work is frequently described as surreal.[1]
The Stratospheric Canticles (poems), Pantograph Press, 1995.
ISBN1-880766-08-6
Asia & Haiti (two long poems), Sun & Moon Press, 1995.
ISBN1-55713-189-9
Above the Human Nerve Domain (poems), Pavement Saw Press, 1998.
ISBN1-886350-81-7
Towards the Primeval Lightning Field (philosophical essays), O Books, 1998.
ISBN1-882022-30-0; revised second edition published by Litmus Press, 2014.
ISBN978-1-933959-20-7
Will Alexander (born 1948) is an American 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.
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 his work is characterized by this powerful mix of metaphor and sophisticated language. According to the
Poetry Foundation, his work is frequently described as surreal.[1]
The Stratospheric Canticles (poems), Pantograph Press, 1995.
ISBN1-880766-08-6
Asia & Haiti (two long poems), Sun & Moon Press, 1995.
ISBN1-55713-189-9
Above the Human Nerve Domain (poems), Pavement Saw Press, 1998.
ISBN1-886350-81-7
Towards the Primeval Lightning Field (philosophical essays), O Books, 1998.
ISBN1-882022-30-0; revised second edition published by Litmus Press, 2014.
ISBN978-1-933959-20-7