Born in Kiev, Ukraine Alex Galper came to America at the age of 20. In 1996, he graduated from Brooklyn College majoring in Creative Writing (his professor was Allen Ginsberg). His work has appeared in many Russian publications whilst his collection "Rybnyi den'" (Fish De Jour) has been published by the Koja Press. His writing has been translated from Russian with the assistance of his friends Igor Satanovsky and Mike Magazinnik. More details can be found at the Koja website, which is dedicated to the exploration of the Russian-American avant-garde crossroads. www.kojapress.com

His Favorite Poets are: Bodeler, Ginsberg, Bukowski, Rumi

Links to his purchaseable work:

www.kojapress.com/galper

English-language Publications:

1. Poesia (North Arkansas,USA)
2. Poetic Voices(California) www.poeticvoices.com/Poetry.html
3. Current Accounts (UK)
4. Struggle (Detroit,USA)
5. Pennine Ink Magazine (UK)
6. Epicenter Magazine (California)
7. IOTA (UK)
8. Splizz (Wales,UK)
9. Zeek (New York)
10. Illumination (South Caroline)
11. Urthona Magazine (UK)
12. Slow Trains (USA) www.slowtrains.com/vol5issue3/galpervol5issue3.html
13. Pacific Coast Magazine (CA)
14. Sierra Nevada College Review (California)
15. New Verse News http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/citibank.html
16. Koja
17. Respiro (Romania) http://www.respiro.org/Issue13/Poetry/poetry_galper.htm
18. International Journal of Erotica (UK)
19. Saint Elizabeth Street Magazine (New York)
20. Scars (Chicago) http://scars.tv/ccdissues/ccd152september05.htm
21. Language and Culture (California) www.languageandculture.net/gallery.html
22. Laika Poetry Review (Ireland)
http://laikapoetryreview.blogspot.com/2005/12/brooklyn-siberia-by-alex-galper.html http://laikapoetryreview.blogspot.com/2005/12/escape-from-winter-by-alex-galper.html,
23. Sentence 5 (UK),
24. Wild Violet (Pensilvania),
25. Poems Niederngasse (Holand) http://www.niederngasse.com/Poetry/galper_078.html