Bio

Skylar Alexander is the author of Searching for Petco (Forklift Books, 2022; edited by Matt Hart), a book which the poet Adam Fell called “a mutant blast radius of righteous Midwestern anger and tender observation.” Her writing has appeared in many places, including Cutbank, Smokelong Quarterly, Hobart, and Forklift, Ohio. She writes about pop culture, chronic illness, family, violence, travel, and the particularities of growing up as an angry goth in rural Iowa. She received degrees in English and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Iowa in 2015 and her Master's in Secondary Education from NYU Steinhardt in 2022. A book designer and teacher by trade, she lives with her partner just outside of NYC.