Search results for ‘Al Ortolani’

Filter & Refine

      Cover image for Controlled Burn
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Controlled Burn

      Al Ortolani

      "Reading Al Ortolani always feels like visiting a good friend who never runs out of stories to tell. Controlled Burn adds a new element to the alchemy, confronting politics more…

      $42.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for On the Chicopee Spur
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      On the Chicopee Spur

      Al Ortolani

      In On the Chicopee Spur, the haibun allows Ortolani to speak plainly in the bread of prose, and then slice the loaf with haiku. Many are not written in the…

      $30.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for Paper Birds Don't Fly
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Paper Birds Don’t Fly

      Al Ortolani

      Al Ortolani’s poems in PAPER BIRDS DON’T FLY are a mix of small town memories and present day realities. They share both humor and sorrow, longing and contentment, often in…

      $21.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for The Taco Boat
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      The Taco Boat

      Al Ortolani

      Al Ortolani's most recent collection of poems, The Taco Boat, focuses not just on the people of the American Midwest, but on the connection to the humor and pragmatism of…

      $32.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for Waving Mustard in Surrender
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Waving Mustard in Surrender

      Al Ortolani

      The poems in Al Ortolani’s newest collection, Waving Mustard in Surrender, come from the streets of Kansas City and the farm roads of Southeast Kansas. His narratives are as much…

      $24.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for Francis Shoots Pool at Chubb's Bar
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Francis Shoots Pool at Chubb’s Bar

      Al Ortolani

      Al Ortolani’s newest collection of poetry, On the Chicopee Spur, was released from New York Quarterly Books in 2018. How Wally Lost His Thumb and the Boy Scouts Became Cannibals…

      $37.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for Swimming Shelter
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Swimming Shelter

      Al Ortolani

      Author’s Note:

      The idea for writing one poem a day for 100 days emerged

      slowly. In March, as we sheltered in place, I discovered that

      putting poems on Facebook allowed…

      $33.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Cover image for How Wally Lost His Thumb and the Boy Scouts Became Cannibals
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      How Wally Lost His Thumb and the Boy Scouts Became Cannibals

      Al Ortolani

      Al Ortolani’s poetry has appeared in journals such as Rattle, Prairie Schooner, and Tar River Poetry. His newest collection, On the Chicopee Spur, has just been released from New York…

      $37.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Finding the Edge

      Al Ortolani

      Finding the Edge appeals with a wry, powerful combination of narrative and lyrical poems. The narratives are small novels, chiseled studies of human folly and vulnerability: You won’t soon forget…

      $37.99

      Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order

      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Bull in the Ring

      Al Ortolani

      Armed with poetry and wit, Danny wears his dead father's army jacket and copes with the string of losers and abusers brought home by his mother. Will he find direction…

      $34.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order

      Cover image for Ghost Sign
      Paperback
      Add to list Added to list

      Ghost Sign

      Al Ortolani,Melissa Fite Johnson,Adam Jameson

      Ghost Sign represents honest work that is both lyrical and painful while simultaneously joyous and sad. It is rooted in folklore and mystery, and its place and is informed by…

      $42.99

      Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order