Edward Alexander Bio
Prolific poet and storyteller Edward Alexander has lived many lives, which he artfully weaves into in his tales of prose and his poetry. His travels have carried him and his pen many places, He fought fires in Vietnam, came home and rode the rails. In 1969 he thumbed his way to Key West Florida, were he stayed for five years. There he dove for conch shells to sell to tourist, he started learning the fine craft of woodworking and became part of the literary journal Solares Hill.
He was first published as a poet in the early seventies and started giving readings in coffee houses, bars and Universities. His writing has appeared in numerous journals since then. Today, when not writing Edward works in his woodshop, outside of Austin, Texas, designing and making one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture.
