Alpay Ulku's first collection is Meteorology (BOA Editions), which was selected as an "Notable Debut" by the Academy of American Poets book club. His second collection was a twice a finalist at the National Poetry Series Open Competition
His poems have appeared in literary journals such as Agni, The Alaska Quarterly Review, The American Poetry Review, the Antioch Review, Boulevard, the Cincinnati Review Crazyhorse, Epoch, Event, The Fiddlehead, Field, The Gettysburg Review, Green Mountains Review, The Malahat Review, The New Ohio Review, The Northwest Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, Willow Springs and Witness, among others. His work has been anthologized in American Poetry: The Next Generation, Poetry Daily, and City of the Big Shoulders: an Anthology of Chicago Poetry. His poem Three Rivers was selected by senior Slate editor Michael Agger for their "Best Valentine's Day poems" feature, and his poem The Stiller of Atoms was selected by the Penn Center for the Book Public Poetry Project to be made into a poster and distributed to schools and libraries throughout Pennsylvania.
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 lives with his wife, the writer Anne-Marie Ulku, in the city of Samsun on the Turkish Black Sea coast.
NEWS AND UPDATES
Two poems,"The wind plays concertina wire..." and "Home Game" forthcoming Summer 2025 in Event.
One poem,"Double-Take," forthcoming in Summer 2025 in The Threepenny Review.
One poem, "Geologic," forthcoming in Summer 2025 in Plume.
Two poems, "The Daily," and "War Dragon, Year of the Dog," November 2024 in Willow Springs.
Flash Fiction piece, "Watching the Evening News, Santa Anas ," November 2024 in Willow Springs.
Personal Essay, "On Reading with an Open Heart," Jan 2024 in Plume and a personal essay about the writing of the piece.
One poem, "Edible Seasons" Winter 2023 in The Gettysburg Review
One poem, "Countdown to Another War," Winter 2023 in Five Points and reprinted in Verse Daily
One poem, "Triangulated," May 2023 in Plume. and a personal essay, "On Triangulated," May 2023 in Plume.
Two poems, “Mercator” and “Bouillabaisse,” Summer 2022 in Boulevard.
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