will alexander
poet-in-residence • beyond baroque literary arts center, venice, california
a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, visual artist, and pianist, born in los angeles in 1948 and there ever since. more than two dozen books, a 2022 pulitzer finalist, and poet-in-residence at beyond baroque literary arts center.
bio from the poetry foundation, and beyond baroque
read
- Will Alexander's Epics of the Surreal — the nation, 2023
- Bird and Shaman — poetry foundation, 2021
- Will Alexander's Sonic Grammar — alta journal, 2023
- In Conversation: Will Alexander & James Goodwin — granta, 2022
- Ten Questions for Will Alexander — poets & writers, 2022
watch
- Will Alexander Interview — poetry.la, 2022
- Lunch Poems: Will Alexander — university of california television, 2006
- Will Alexander reads "Compression and Purity" — pennsound
- Paradigm Shifting: Edwin Torres and Will Alexander in Conversation — kelly writers house, penn, 2016
- Oral History Initiative: Reading & Conversation with Will Alexander — woodberry poetry room, harvard, 2024 (link not yet checked)
hear
- Close Listening with Will Alexander — close listening, jacket2, 2016
- Strange galvanics (PoemTalk #75) — poemtalk, 2014
- Will Alexander — skylight books podcast, 2011
- Episode 61: Will Alexander — poems on air, los angeles public library, 2022
- Will Alexander: readings and talks — pennsound