Alexandra Naughton

Alexandra Naughton

Bio

Alexandra Naughton is a poet, rapper, blogger, zine-maker and shit-kicker. She is the founding editor of Be About It zine/press, host of That Lit Podcast, and mother of many little writing things online and in print. Her book of poetry—I Will Always Be Your Whore [love songs for Billy Corgan]—is currently available at Powell's Books, on Amazon, and her site Tsaritsa Explains It All.She never knows what to put in a bio. She is a spooky ghost. Alexandra Naughton is getting used to being manic pixie dream-girled, but it doesn't make it any less hurtful.  

Alexandra Naughton Articles

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Sometimes Our Bodies Fail Us

Anxiety collects in my gut like phlegm-thickened water when there is hair in the drain. It sits and builds and gets thicker and starts to smell gross.

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Final Predestination: How I Escaped The Abuse

My friends were throwing down red flags before we even saw each other’s faces. And I should have been more mindful, and I knew it. But I was curious.

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