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Alex Poppe

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Fiction, Contemporary, Memoir

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Living in that liminal space between theoretical and actual equality, Alex observes how violence reverberates across a life, fascinated by the human capacity for joy, wonder, and resilience, all of it shaping how people become who they are.

Alex Poppe is the author of four works of literary fiction: Duende by Regal House Publishing (2022), Jinwar and Other Stories by Cune Press (2022), Moxie by Tortoise Books (2019), and Girl, World by Laughing Fire Press (2017). Duende won the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards in the novella category, the 2023 International Book Awards in the novella category, and was a 2023 Spring Readers’ Choice Book Awards finalist. Jinwar and Other Stories won the 2023 Spring Readers’ Choice Book Award in the adult book ...more

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How do you get inspired to write?
Alex Poppe I am inspired by world events. I am an avid listener of Democracy Now!, This American Life, and other podcasts. I pull from the real world often. I wa…moreI am inspired by world events. I am an avid listener of Democracy Now!, This American Life, and other podcasts. I pull from the real world often. I was an actor before I became a writer. I started writing in October 2010, taking classes at the Writers Studio, NYC. Part of how they teach involves the writer having an emotional connection to his/her material. My acting training comes in handy when I want to instigate an emotional connection in order to start writing. It does make writing in public places a bit embarrassing! My stories may not be "true" but there is an emotional truth. I also steal alot from real life.(less)
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Alex Poppe My most recent book is a novel based on the short story "Moxie" from Girl, World. That story came from an argument with my ex partner who told me I ha…moreMy most recent book is a novel based on the short story "Moxie" from Girl, World. That story came from an argument with my ex partner who told me I had lost my looks due to drinking. I have always felt "not pretty" and am fascinated with how women are marginalized as they age. (less)
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Average rating: 4.62 · 76 ratings · 42 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
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Militarism + Machismo = Gun Violence in America

Some of the slogans above are US Army recruitment slogans while others are gun manufacturer advertising taglines. Can you tell which is which? (We’ve listed them by category at the end of this post.) It’s hard. Individualism and machismo underlie them all.

The Uvalde mass shooting, just days after the Buffalo mass shooting and quickly followed by the Tulsa mass shooting, was a wake-up call to the a

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Breakfast Wine by Alex Poppe is a raw and unflinching collection of short stories that explores the fragile edges of human existence through characters grappling with addiction, displacement, and the search fo" Read more of this review »
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Alex Poppe thrives on opening the doors and windows of her former homes. “Come and see!”

In Breakfast Wine, we get to know the profound restlessness that stirs Alex to place herself in a foreign land, surrounded by people forcibly displaced by war. S" Read more of this review »
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