He is a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, where he serves as Young Adult Fiction section editor and the host of the video series, "Writing Sex.
[8] Another set of books, loosely called "The Creep Trilogy," uses formal experimentation to document Alexander's experience of homophobia as a kid in the Deep South and his struggle to come to grips with self-hatred.
Recounting a similar set of stories in overlapping fashion, the retelling plays out different perspectives on his personal history and Alexander's attempts to come to terms over time with his past.
[9] Writing specifically about Bullied, author Julietta Singh offers a comment that could reflect much of Alexander's creative nonfiction project: "Expanding the cultural frame of what constitutes sexual abuse, he ruminates over the enduring psychic and bodily effects of homophobia.
In so doing, this gorgeous book seeks to redress some of the ways we have used each other in the service of making marginalized life more livable, and ultimately redirects our energy toward the transformation of a world that continues to punish our differences.