A native New Yorker, Alexandra Grilikhes has taught creative writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for over two decades. A longtime innovator in the broadcasting of poetry, she edits and publishes American Writing: A Magazine, aMoreA native New Yorker, Alexandra Grilikhes has taught creative writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for over two decades. A longtime innovator in the broadcasting of poetry, she edits and publishes American Writing: A Magazine, a biannual journal interested in the voice of the loner, the artist as shaman, her eight previous collections of poetry have broken new ground for feminism and language.