Al Ortolani's poems in PAPER BIRDS DON'T FLY are a mix of small town memories and present day rea...

Al Ortolani's newest collection of poetry, On the Chicopee Spur, was released from New York Quart...

In the 1920s and 1930s, Pittsburg, KS was a major coal-mining town, attracting various ethnic gro...

Al Ortolani's poetry has appeared in journals such as Rattle, Prairie Schooner, and Tar River Poe...

The poems in Al Ortolani's newest collection, Waving Mustard in Surrender, come from the streets ...

In On the Chicopee Spur, the haibun form allows Ortolani to speak plainly in the bread of prose, ...

Al Ortolani's most recent collection of poems, The Taco Boat, focuses not just on the people of t...

'Finding the Edge appeals with a wry, powerful combination of narrative and lyrical poems. The na...

Swimming Shelter

Armed with poetry and wit, Danny wears his dead father's army jacket and copes with the string of...

Controlled Burn