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 Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he worked for many years as a freelance editor. From 1993-2001, he was a consulting editor at New Rivers Press, serving from 1999-2001 as creative director. He currently edits the Marie Alexander Poetry Series at White Pine Press. He has published two books of poetry, WHITE PINE SUCKER RIVER: POEMS 1970-1990, and WHAT THE RAVEN SAID, as well as a book of creative nonfiction about the American Civil War, FIVE FORKS: WATERLOO OF THE CONFEDERACY. He has co-edited three anthologies of poetry and fiction: THE PARTY TRAIN: A COLLECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN PROSE POETRY, THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAM: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF PROSE POETRY, and THE TALKING OF HANDS: UNPUBLISHED WRITING BY NEW RIVERS PRESS AUTHORS. He divides his time between southern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.