On the Journey With Alexis Rhone Fancher
Connecting with the poetry, life and power of Alexis Rhone Fancher
Alexis Rhone Fancher wrote poems as a child - “not very good,” she confesses - but she was in love with the form, the conciseness, the stripping away of every unnecessary word that left you with a poem, a faceted jewel “when it’s done right.” Lifetimes later she put pen to paper again, mining the vein of her life to bring up jewel after jewel of faceted perfection. Her poems - confessional, accessible, available - create worlds she invites readers to step into, offering mirrors of reflection and connection. She strips her life bare, sending it vulnerable and naked, proud and powerful, across the page. Her ex-husbands, male and female lovers, sister, child, death, pain, joy, sex, and suffering all play their parts. “Follow your passion. It’s a journey, not a destination,” she reminds us. “Be here now and see the magic happen.”
Meet This Episode's Guest
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Alexis Rhone Fancher is the author of How I Lost My Virginity To Michael Cohen and other heart stab poems, (2014), State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies, (2015), and Enter Here, (June, 2017). She is published in Best American Poetry, 2016, Rattle, Slipstream, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles, Hobart, Cleaver, and elsewhere. Her photos are published worldwide, including a spread in River Styx, and the covers of Witness, Heyday, and the Chiron Review.
Since 2013 Alexis has been nominated for 11 Pushcart Prizes and 4 Best of the Net awards. She is Poetry Editor of Cultural Weekly, where she also publishes a monthly photo essay, “The Poet’s Eye,” about her on-going love affair with Los Angeles.
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One of the 14 photos in Alexis' new, full-length collection: Enter Here