Alpay Ulku's first collection is Meteorology (BOA Editions), which was selected as an "Exciting Debut" by the Academy of American Poets book club. His poems have appeared in literary journals such as Agni, Crazyhorse, Epoch, The Fiddlehead, The Gettysburg Review, The Malahat Review, The Northwest Review, Ploughshares, and Witness, among others. His work has been anthologized in American Poetry: The Next Generation and Poetry Daily.
Alpay has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Iowa Arts Council, the Edna St.Vincent Millay Colony, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.
Alpay received an MFA from the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop and a BA from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands.
Alpay works as a technical writer and business analyst in Chicago, where he lives with his wife, the writer and organization superhero, Anne-Marie Gallagher, and their two boys, Snapdragon and Lickedy-split. You can visit Anne-Marie's website at www.organizationquest.com
NEWS AND UPDATES
One poem forthcoming in Boulevard (Fall 2010)
Three poems published in the inaugural issue of Cavalier Literary Couture, an exciting new lit mag (March 2010) and one poem on-line exclusive
Finalist, Cleveland State University Open Competition for second book award (2009)
Two new poems published in Ploughshares (2009)
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