Alex Mouw is the author of the poetry collection The Unbelieving Yelp of Prey (Texas Review Press 2026), an examination of faith and ecology in the Midwest. Raised in Michigan, Alex earned an undergraduate degree at Hope College, an MFA at Purdue University, and a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. Currently an assistant professor of English at Samford University, he lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife and two children