Raewyn Alexander (born 1955) is a

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writer. She has also worked in visual media, producing comics and clothing. She was born in Hamilton, later moving to

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. Alexander was editor for the arts magazine ''Magazine''. Her work has appeared in various literary magazines, in the ''Auckland Poetry Live'' anthology and in the anthology ''Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page''. In 2016 she had a lengthy essay published in

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alleging she was engaged to

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. A spokesperson for Knox denied this, and Metro then retracted the story and apologised.

Selected works

* ''Fat'', novel (1996) * ''Concrete'', novel (1998) * '' Love and Hate are Small Words with Big Names'', poetry (1999) * ''Bacon is Not a Vegetable (701 Tips for Flatting)'', non-fiction, with Olwyn Stewart * ''Sweet: A Guide for New Zealand Teenagers'', non-fiction (2001), with Jan Hedge * ''It's a Secret (Selected Poems 1993–2005)'', poetry

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(2005) * ''Writing Poetry – fireworks, clay and architecture'', non-fiction chapbook (2005) * ''Museum of Lost Days'', poetry (2008) * ''Family of Artists'', poetry (2012) * ''Glam Rock Boyfriends'', novel (2014), Brightspark Books, *''Three Words: An anthology of Aotearoa / NZ Women's Comics,'' comics anthology, contributor, Beatnik (2016)

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