​Alexander Shalom Joseph is an award winning poet, fiction writer, playwright and teacher. He is the author of seven published books, most recently the novella, The Clearing (Middle Creek Publishing,  2025) and the collection of poetic letters, Living Amends (Galileo Press, forthcoming 2025). He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Jack Kerouac School and an MA in English Education. Alexander has taught and lectured on Creative Writing in all manner of educational settings from MFA and undergraduate programs including Naropa University, Columbia University, John Jay College, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, The Middle Creek Publishing Literary Festival and the Firehouse Art Center, as well as in Colorado Prisons through the Unbound Authors organization. He lives in Colorado and writes a weekly poem on Substack.