is a freelance writer and editor

Alex Frank, writer and editor

 

Alex Frank is a writer and editor for hire with over 15 years of magazine experience covering celebrity, art and music, global culture, style, trends, and travel.

He has previously worked at The FADER as Deputy Editor and VOGUE.com as Deputy Culture Editor. He has contributed to VOGUE, Pitchfork, ELLE, i-D, New York Magazine, the New York Times, and GQ.

His profiles and interviews include Aretha Franklin, Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, Dolly Parton, Bjork, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler the Creator, Andre 3000, Bella Hadid, Debbie Harry, Joni Mitchell, Mariah Carey, Kendall Jenner, Julia Fox, Pharrell, fka Twigs, Patti LaBelle, Ricky Martin, Virgil Abloh, Alice Waters, Charli XCX, Pamela Anderson, José Andrés, Laura Dern, Donatella Versace, SZA, Thomas Keller, John Waters, Diane Von Fürstenberg, Zoë Kravitz, RuPaul, and many others.

On assignment, he has traveled to Lagos, the foothills of the Himalayas in India, the Azores, Kanye West’s ranch in Wyoming, Dublin, Moscow, Vienna, Accra, Marrakech, the fjords of Norway, Dakar, Tokyo, Rome, São Paolo, among others. For fun, he has been to the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, a coffee farm in Hawaii, and a glacier in Argentina, to name just a few.

To be in touch about assignments: 

alexgfrank@gmail.com

 

SELECTED WRITING

 

PROFILES

A Conversation with Lana Del Rey

Aretha Franklin on the “Natural Woman” Performance That Made President Obama Cry

Forever Mariah: An Interview with an Icon

The Rebirth of Ricky Martin

15 Minutes with Dolly Parton

Joni Mitchell on Love, Her New Box Set, and Music Today

An Interview with Pamela Anderson

Yves Tumor Redefines Rock, Body on the Line

The Wild Delight of Willem Dafoe

An Interview with Timothee Chalamet

Julia Fox Unpacks a Year of Infamy

SZA Sizzles

A Conversation with Andre 3000

The Life and (Good) Times of Debbie Harry

Björk’s Words of Wisdom on Technology, Multitasking, and Collaboration

Pavement's Stephen Malkmus on How to Be a Useful Human

Lil Peep Returns

Kaytranada Is Reaching 100%

Troye Sivan Is the Atomic Blonde

Newly Single Nicki Minaj on Feminism and Rapping at 50

Drag Race Is Back! RuPaul on What Makes a Queen a Star

Patti LaBelle Is Cooking With Gas

TRAVEL AND ESSAYS

On the Chaos and Calm of Kanye West’s Spectacle in Wyoming

The Cattle Ranch Pioneering American Wagyu

Finding a Natural Home for the North American Bison

Emma Chamberlain Is the Ultimate Internet Auteur

Ghana Rising: Accra's Street Style Has a Colorful, Free-Spirited Beat

Notes from the Upper West: A Road Trip Through Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana

A New Documentary Returns to Andy Warhol’s Pittsburgh Roots

Why 2016 Was the Year of the Scam

Ryan Trecartin Moves His Artist Compound to Appalachian Ohio

Dolly Parton Is for Everyone

Fjords on Four Wheels

Can You Admire John Galliano's Work Without Fully Forgiving Him?

Dakar Dreaming: Painter Kehinde Wiley’s Compound on the Coast of Senegal

The Totally Fearless Style of George Michael

There’s Magic in the Machine: The Last Automaton Auteur

Just Brilliant: A New Generation of London Designers

Las Vegas and Britney Spears Are Strange — and Similar — American Bedfellows

Fire Island Was — And Still Is — Grindr IRL

Petra Collins’s Aesthetic Has Taken Over the World — Now She Must Destroy It

A Night at the Ritz with Aretha Franklin and Friends

 

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