Robert Alexander

What the Raven Said
"Robert Alexander has long been in my 'top ten' living poets. There is a decided uniqueness in Alexander's work that puts him in that rare category of a memorable poet."

Five Forks: Waterloo of the Confederacy - A Civil War Narrative
“I have read a range of work from Hart Crane and Walt Whitman to contemporary writers. Five Forks stands with the best of them, an original and imaginative creation the structure of which (part narrative, part poetry, part history, part journal) sets it apart and heightens its appeal.”

White Pine Sucker River: Poems 1970-1990
“This remarkable collection of prose poems captures, by swoops, the engagingly personal and wild universe the true naturalist finds around every corner. It is the depth of detail in these poems that makes them so appealing, and beyond the detail is the mind that sifts and chooses, looks and finds.“

The House of Your Dream: An International Collection of Prose Poetry
Poets include Nin Andrews, Robert Bly, Ale Debeljak, Russell Edson, Marie Harris, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Peter Johnson, Kim Kwang Kyu, Morton Marcus, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Simic, Tomas Transtromer, James Wright, and many others.

The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry
Over three hundred prose poems by 144 authors, including a short historical section and introductory essays by each of the three editors: Robert Alexander, Mark Vinz, and C. W. Truesdale.

The Talking of Hands: Unpublished Writing by New Rivers Press Authors
A collection of unpublished prose and poetry honoring the 30th anniversary of New Rivers Press, this anthology includes contributions by Stephen Ajay, Penny Harter, Duke Klassen, Ann Lundberg Grunke, Siv Cedering, and many others.