The LOOKOUT FM artist residency, graciously funded by the Mike Kelley Foundation, commissions ambitious, large-scale, original artworks for radio broadcast.
We are pleased to announce our second artist-in-residence: Will Alexander.
Writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist Will Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California in 1948 and has remained a lifetime resident of the city. He earned a BA in English and creative writing from the University of California–Los Angeles in 1972. Alexander’s over two dozen books of poetry include "Across the Vapour Gulf" (2017), "Compression & Purity" (2011), "The Sri Lankan Loxodrome" (2009), "Asia & Haiti" (1995), and "The Stratospheric Canticles" (1995). He has taught at many colleges and universities, including the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, the University of California, and Hofstra University, among others. His collection "Singing In Magnetic Hoofbeat: Essays, Prose, Texts, Interviews, and a Lecture" (2013) was awarded an American Book Award. Alexander was a 2022 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His other honors include a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry, a California Arts Council Fellowship, and the 2016 Jackson Poetry Prize.
We are pleased to announce our second artist-in-residence: Will Alexander.
Writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist Will Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California in 1948 and has remained a lifetime resident of the city. He earned a BA in English and creative writing from the University of California–Los Angeles in 1972. Alexander’s over two dozen books of poetry include "Across the Vapour Gulf" (2017), "Compression & Purity" (2011), "The Sri Lankan Loxodrome" (2009), "Asia & Haiti" (1995), and "The Stratospheric Canticles" (1995). He has taught at many colleges and universities, including the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, the University of California, and Hofstra University, among others. His collection "Singing In Magnetic Hoofbeat: Essays, Prose, Texts, Interviews, and a Lecture" (2013) was awarded an American Book Award. Alexander was a 2022 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His other honors include a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry, a California Arts Council Fellowship, and the 2016 Jackson Poetry Prize.
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