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Charles Alexander crafts experimental poetry and artist books that investigate the visual and structural possibilities of language on the page. His collection "Assembled for an Audience" from Milkweed Editions employs strategic spacing, fragmentation, and typographical innovation to create distinct reading experiences. His background in book arts and publishing informs his approach to the materiality of text and the physical form of poetry collections. Alexander's work explores three core elements: the spatial relationship between words, the dialogue between text and reader, and the physical presence of the book as object. His techniques include unconventional page layouts, deliberate use of white space, and structural interventions that affect how meaning emerges from the text. These formal experiments build on traditions of avant-garde writing while developing new approaches to poetic composition. The poet's practice integrates bookmaking, publishing, and literary craft to examine how physical presentation shapes textual interpretation. His verse investigates the boundaries between visual art and written language through careful attention to typography and page design. Alexander's publications demonstrate the continuing evolution of experimental poetry's engagement with form and materiality.