THINKING ITS PRESENCE: THE RACIAL IMAGINARY

Artist: Poet, Bookmaker, founder/director of Chax Press. Author of 5 full- length books of poetry and 10 brief chapbooks of poetry, editor of one critical work on the state of the book arts in America, author of multiple essays, articles, and reviews. Most recent book of poetry is Pushing  Water, published by Cuneiform Press, and the chapbook Some Sentences Look for Some Periods, from Little Red Leaves. Has taught literature... Read More →

The historic/mythic sites of Charles Alexander’s work move from his youthful spaces of Central Oklahoma, to his long-time desert territory in Arizona, to the mythic places of Arthur and possible anoethenau (hidden valuable things that might be found once again).  Charles Alexander grew up in an ethnic mix as a son of a military personnel officer and an educator. Later, in Oklahoma, his youthful companions were white... Read More →