Anthony Alas

Fiction Writer

Dallas, TX
US

Author's Bio

Anthony Alas is a Published Author and English Professor. His works have appeared in Bookends Review, Drunk Monkeys, Scribble Lit, Quibble Lit, Azahares Magazine, Twisted Vine, Defunkt Magazine, In Parentheses, and elsewhereAfter many years in New York City and California’s Inland Empire, Mr. Alas now calls Dallas, TX home.

Interesting facts: 

Master's degree in English Literature

Countries visited: Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom

Cities lived in: New York City (Manhattan and Queens), Riverside, CA, Frisco, TX (Dallas' burbs)

Favorite books: Confideracy of Dunces, House of the Spirits, Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, White Teeth, Kiss of Spiderwoman, Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye, Native Son, Color Purple, Kafka on the Shore, Convenience Store Woman, Sula, Beijing Commrades, Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment, Captains of the Sands, Tale for the Time Being, Another Country, Before Night Falls, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Poisonwood Bible, Mrs. Dalloway 

Favorite musicians/bands: Blur, Oasis, Velvet Underground, Bjork, The Supremes, Buddy Holly, The Ramones, Blondie, The Talking Heads, David Bowie

Favorite musicals: Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Rent

Favorite places: Seoul, Tokyo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, London, New York (my adopted hometown), and Palm Springs

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Defunkt Magazine
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In Parentheses
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Scribble
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Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Haruki Murakami, Joan Didion, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, David Sedaris, James Joyce, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Jorge Luis Borges, Sonya Sanchez, Richard Wright, Flannery O'Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austen, Zora Neale Hurston,

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled, Latino/Latina/Latinx, LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
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Last update: Jul 17, 2025