Alex Crayon

Alex Crayon (he/him) is a third-year Ph.D. student in Creative Writing focusing on fiction. Previously, he attended the University of Oklahoma where he received his B.A. in English Writing with minors in Spanish and Classical Culture, and his M.A. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies with a concentration in Creative Writing.



His creative work explores family, addiction, religion, and exile through fantastical and slipstream genres. His scholarly interests include writing center pedagogy and inter-center transfer, contemporary speculative fiction, modern mythological retellings, and social fiction.



Along with his position as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, some of his additional roles are Graduate Writing Consultant and Graduate Coach at the KU Writing Center, fiction reader for the KU English Department's literary magazine Cottonwood, and fiction reader for KU's graduate-run literary magazine LandLocked. Previously, he served as editor-in-chief for LandLocked and interim fiction editor for Cottonwood, and he was a member of the KU English Department's Creative Writing Committee from 2022-2024.