Jerad W. Alexander

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Jerad W. Alexander has written for Esquire, Rolling Stone, The Nation, Narratively, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from New York University. From 1998 to 2006, he served as a U.S. Marine, deploying to the Mediterranean, East Africa, and Iraq. He grew up on military bases, from the east coast of the United States to Japan. He currently lives in New York City.

Nonfiction:

• 15 Years Ago I Helped Oversee Iraq’s First Democratic Election – The Nation
• From Military to Mainstream: The Evolution of the AR-15 – HowStuffWorks
• Old West Pistoleros and My Love of Machine Guns – The War Horse
• These WWII Veterans Came Home and Launched an Insurrection Against Corrupt Politicians – Narratively
• How the Military Can Really Crack Down on Sexual Harassment – Rolling Stone
• A Holocaust Historian Explains Why People Believe Trump’s Lies – Esquire
• The Night Hunter S. Thompson Got Stomped by Hell’s Angels – Ozy
• Hollywood Still Isn’t Ready to Process the War in Iraq – Esquire
• This One-Eyed, Insult-Spewing Senator Was the Donald Trump of the 1890s – Narratively
• The Kingdom of Fear: Snapshots from the 2016 Republican National Convention, Part II – Nately’s Magazine
• The Kingdom of Fear: Snapshots from the 2016 Republican National Convention, Part I – Nately’s Magazine
• On Our Next Stop In Modern War – Military Experience & The Arts
• The Brands of Lennie Gray Mowris – Medium
• On Telling War Stories – Military Experience & The Arts

Fiction:

• The Family Packard – Military Experience & The Arts
• Touchdown! – Pithead Chapel
• Cold Day in Bridgewater – Blue Falcon Review