PRAISE FOR Instructions In My Absence:

“There has always been a luminous sorcery to Sharon Alexander’s poetry …” 
- David St. John, The Last Troubadour

“Alexander’s poems are situated precisely where she intends, creating a poignant geography of place and time….”                  
- Carine Topal, Previous winner of the Palettes & Quills Chapbook Contest for Tattooed.