Who am I?

Hey! My name is Alexandra Naughton. I’m a writer, publisher, and literary events producer.

I am the founder of Be About It Press, established in 2010, and the co-host of the Bring A Blanket reading series.

My most recent book is a memoir/novel a place a feeling something he said to you (Spooky Girlfriend Press, 2020). My published poetry collections include Rapid Transit (Black Lawrence Press, 2018) You Could Never Objectify Me More Than I've Already Objectified Myself (Punk Hostage Press, 2015), I Will Always Be In Love (Paper Press, 2015), and I Wish You Never Emailed Me (Ghost City Press, 2016), and others. My first novel, American Mary, was published by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2016.

My writing has been widely published on the web and in print, and I perform regularly in the Philadelphia area and elsewhere.

Find me on instagram, twitter, facebook, and alexandranaughton.com

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My work straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry, and explores themes such as self-objectification, existentialism, the fallacy of text-based communication, and capitalism.

In a review of my first novel, American Mary, on the literary website Heavy Feather Review, Eric Nguyen wrote: “Naughton is clearly more of a conceptual writer, one who at once challenges and entertains. Her characters are reflections of systems—systems of oppression, as well as systems of support. She can be playful and deeply serious and—by the last pages of American Mary, as the book takes on a monologue quality—very powerful. In the end, Naughton does what [other internet writers] could not: be avant-garde not only in form, but politics as well.”

Find a list of links to my publications here.

What is talk about it?

talk about it is my little newsletter where I talk about whatever I want, but usually the subject is the writing process. Sometimes I talk about my life, and sometimes I post my short fiction and poetry. I’ve been blogging since 2003, back when xanga was still a thing, and though I like to think my writing voice has improved since then I’m pretty much doing the same old thing. I get an idea, I want to talk about it, so I type it out, hit “publish,” and hope it helps me connect with other people.

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