Called “immensely fresh and playful…rooted in a childlike antiquity” by Rain Taxi, Jeff Alessandrelli is the author of the poetry collection THIS LAST TIME WILL BE THE FIRST (2014) and the essay collection The Man on High: Essays on Skateboarding, Hip-Hop, Poetry and The Notorious B.I.G. (2018). His poetry, creative non-fiction and critical essays have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Boston Review, New American Writing, Lit Hub and The Millions, among others. He directs and co-edits the nonprofit press Fonograf Editions.