Alexis M. Wright is a writer and educator currently based in Massachusetts. Her lyric essay “Which One is the Lifeline?” appears in The Common and was named a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2023. Her essay “The Disney Look” is included in the anthology Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told About Black Women, published by Black Lawrence Press. An excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, “Membership,” was a finalist for the 2023 CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest, guest judged by Sarah Fawn Montgomery, and her essay “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse” is forthcoming in The Maine Review.

Alexis is an alumna of the Anaphora Writing Residency and the Juniper Institute. She was a 2023 Tin House Scholar, received a Contributor’s Award in Nonfiction from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and is currently a 2024 Tin House Reading Fellow. She earned her MFA from the University of San Francisco.