I just heard that poet and artist Will Alexander is undergoing treatment for cancer.

A message from Steve Dickison (by way of Kasey Silem Mohammad):

As you may have heard, poet Will Alexander is quite ill with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. He's spent his life largely off the poetry grid, taking on odd jobs, and has no financial support or, needless to say, health insurance.

The San Francisco organization Poets in Need is coordinating efforts to raise money for him. You can make a (tax-deductible) contribution to them, earmarked for Will, and send it to:

Poets in Need
PO Box 5411
Berkeley CA 94705

For those around New York, there will be a benefit reading for Will at the Bowery Poetry Club, Thursday November 1, 6-8 pm (readers to be announced).

Many thanks.

Working at a CAM clinic for low-income women with cancer, I see how draining -- physically, emotionally, and financially -- cancer and its treatment can be. I also see what kind of difference it can make if someone who has minimal support gets even just a little bit of propping up.

I last talked with Will a few years ago when our poetry press (now publishing under someone else's guidance) was getting ready to publish Exobiology as Goddess. He is a force, and a true artist. Please help him if you can.