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Goda-Blake
Alexander Thomas
Author & editor
2026 Hopwood Award winner for Non-Fiction
I’m a writer.
Before discipline, there was excess; after excess, inquiry.
My work moves between memoir, experiment, and criticism, asking how language can hold fracture without losing rigor.
Writing is how I think—through fragments, revision, and attention to what resists coherence. My work spans memoir, experimental nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and criticism, shaped by a commitment to honest risk.
SPOTLIGHT
The Ontology of an Art Briefcase
Awarded 5th place in the 2026 Hopwood Award in Non-Fiction
Judge: Omar El Akkad — “There’s a sense of both knowledge of and reverence of the mechanics of the creative process,” - “confounding” - “a fascinating and uniquely structured essay.”
Judge: Wendy Walters — “This is an exciting and compelling work of memoir.” - “a very artful work.”