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Will Alexander

    Will Alexander is a distinguished poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and visual artist. His work is characterized by a profound exploration of language and culture, often delving into themes of identity and history. Alexander's unique style fuses modernist techniques with African and African American traditions, creating remarkably layered and sonically rich verse. His writing is celebrated for its intellectual depth coupled with a powerful emotional resonance.

    The Wrath of the Ashes
    Dialogics
    Diary as Sin
    Asia & Haiti
    The Sri Lankan Loxodrome
    The Brimstone Boat
    • 2023
    • 2023

      Call Me Jonah

      • 140 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Life doesn't end. Reality isn't fixed. Time doesn't work the way you think. Even the universe, despite its size, is surprisingly aware of and attuned to each of us. Then come those moments when all boundaries dissolve, worlds merge, and we are given glimpses into how connected everything is. Call Me Jonah is the story of an ordinary man who experiences such extraordinary moments starting in childhood and then continue throughout his lifetime. Afraid of ridicule, he keeps hidden what he learns from each mystical encounter for decades. Until a random meeting with street prophet ultimately convinces him to share his journey and the remarkable insights acquired along the way. Only God could write a story so touching as this through the words of Will Alexander. -- Courtney Force, author of Soul Dancer

      Call Me Jonah
    • 2021

      A career-defining collection from one of America's most significant poets, never before published in the UK.

      Refractive Africa
    • 2020

      Dialogics

      • 30 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      The Dialogics remains an investigation that blazes with insight. Heller Levinson and Will Alexander condense dialogue to such a degree that its internal beacon dazzles with ideas. They spontaneously retain natural inevitability igniting idea after idea so that they seem to blur and then crystallize ad infinitum. This brief book of condensed insight seems always to conjoin with the reader not through didactic engendering but via lingual spell that is vertiginous by nature and so by its power of verbal irrigation leaves internal identity powerfully cleansed.

      Dialogics
    • 2020

      Mr. Grumpy Gets His Wish

      • 38 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Exploring the complexities of global population dynamics, this book delves into the implications of rapid population growth and its effects on resources, environment, and social structures. It examines historical trends, current challenges, and future projections, highlighting the interconnectedness of population issues with economic development and sustainability. Engaging case studies and expert insights provide a comprehensive understanding of how population changes shape our world and the urgent need for informed policy responses.

      Mr. Grumpy Gets His Wish
    • 2017

      Spectral Hieroglyphics

      The One True Body, At the Vertigo Borders, On Higher Phlogiston Current

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Exploring the unstoppable power of radical poetic vision, this collection features a unique trio of poems that highlight the determination of three free thinkers striving for a fully poetic existence. Will Alexander captures the grandeur of their passionate ideas and revolutionary aspirations, reviving their visions into a new myth for the future. The work serves as a testament to the enduring impact of poetic expression and the quest for creative freedom.

      Spectral Hieroglyphics
    • 2017

      Across the Vapour Gulf

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Poetics: flight across precipitous intransigence.--from Across the Vapour Gulf.

      Across the Vapour Gulf
    • 2016

      When looks could break a mirror... When little Agatha looks into a mirror, she sees only one thing: "The ugliest girl in the world." Because of her repulsive appearance, Agatha avoids people unless she's completely covered with a droopy hood, a thick scarf, and big boots. But one day Agatha accidently rushes out of her house without her usual disguise and her neighbors see her face for the first time. They are shocked!! What will Agatha do? Readers take the harrowing journey with Agatha as her neighbors set eyes on her for the first time. Her life is changed forever!!

      Ugly Agatha
    • 2013

      Kaleidoscopic Omniscience

      • 274 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Exploring bi-geographic confrontations and the spiritual dimensions of poetry, this collection showcases Will Alexander's early works, including Asia & Haiti, The Stratospheric Canticles, and Impulse & Nothingness. His unique voice weaves together painterly imagery and profound insights into the nature of existence, challenging the boundaries of poetic expression. Critics note his commitment to individuality in poetic voice, ensuring that the exploration of diverse perspectives remains central to his work.

      Kaleidoscopic Omniscience
    • 2012

      The Brimstone Boat

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The poem explores the dynamic relationship between Will Alexander and his predecessor, Lamantia, celebrating the transfer of creative energy between the two surrealist poets. Alexander's work serves as a tribute to Lamantia's life and writings, reflecting a journey through a Renaissance-inspired landscape. As he takes on the mantle of America's leading surrealist poet following Lamantia's passing in 2005, Alexander embarks on a continuous voyage of artistic discovery, embodying the spirit of "perpetual exploration."

      The Brimstone Boat