Nicholas Alexander Hayes is a Chicago-based writer, artist, and educator. Across literature and visual work, he engages in serious play through re-mixing and erasure. His creative and academic interests include '60s gay pulp fiction, vintage beer advertisements, depictions of masculinity on social media, ancient history and whatever pieces of cultural detritus catch his eye. He is the author of ANTE-ANIMOTS: IDIOMS AND TALES (BlazeVOX [books], 2019) and NIV: 39 & 27 (BlazeVOX [books], 2009).
