Finding Token Creek: New & Selected Writing, 1975–2020
Robert Alexander is nothing short of a master of the prose poem. Without a need for grandiosity or excess, he takes his reader on a journey through the pages of his life, offering everyday insights and epiphanies as casually as one might offer tea to a guest.
Robert Alexander grew up in Massachusetts. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and for several years taught in the Madison Public Schools. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, he worked for many years as a freelance editor. From 1993-2001, he was a contributing editor at New Rivers Press, serving the final two years as New Rivers’ creative director. Alexander is the founding editor of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series at White Pine Press. He divides his time between southern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
His books of poetry include White Pine Sucker River, What the Raven Said, and Richmond Burning. In addition, he has two works of literary history, Five Forks: Waterloo of the Confederacy, and The Northwest Ordinance: Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land.
