Robert Alexander grew up in Massachusetts. He attended the University of Wisconsin, and for several years taught in the Madison public schools. After receiving his PhD in English from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, he worked for many years as a freelance editor. From 1993 to 2001, he was a contributing editor at New Rivers Press, also serving from 1999 to 2001 as their creative director. He served as coeditor, with Nickole Brown, of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series at White Pine Press. 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. More at: www.robertalexander.info [2]. Alexander died at the age of seventy-four on June 24, 2023.