Al Ortolani

Poet

Shawnee Mission, KS
Kansas US

Publications & Prizes

Books:
On the Chicopee Spur (NYQ Books, 2018)
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Ghost Sign (co-authored with Adam Jameson, Melissa Fite Johnson, and J.T. Knoll) (39 West Press, 2017)
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Francis Shoots Pool in Chubb's Bar (Spartan Press, 2016)
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Paper Birds Don't Fly (NYQ Books, 2016)
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Waving Mustard in Surrender (NYQ Books, 2015)
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Cooking Chili on the Day of the Dead (Aldrich Press, 2012)
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Wren's House (Coal City Press, 2012)
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Finding the Edge (Woodley Press, 2011)
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The Last Hippie of Camp 50 (Woodley Press, 1989)
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Slow Stirring Spoon (High Coo Press, 1981)
Journals:
Aethlon
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Albatross
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Bellowing Ark
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BOAAT Journal
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Contemporary Haibun Online
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English Journal
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english journal
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Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac
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Haibun Today
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Kansas Quarterly
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Light Year
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Little Balkans Review
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Midwest Quarterly
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New York Quarterly
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Piedmont Literary Review
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Poetry Motel
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Poetry Nippon
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Poetrybay
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Quarterly
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Redneck Review
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Spoon River Poetry Review
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Wilderness
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Wind Chimes
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Wind Literary Journal
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Windless Orchard

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
English American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Huntington, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Pittsburg, KS
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Last update: Sep 27, 2018