Alma Alexander is the author of five books of poetry, including "The Matchmaker’s Daughter." Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Best American Spiritual Writing anthology, and the anthology "The Year's Best Poetry" by The Poetry Society of America. She serves on the board of directors of the Poets' League. Alma Alexander was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and currently resides in St
Louis with her husband and two children.
If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.Alma Alexander
It's like somebody stuffed him in a barrel full of moonshine-proof cluelessness and then left him there to get pickled in it while it fermented into malice.Alma Alexander
