Alpay Ulku
Alpay Ulku (http://www.alpayulku.com)’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. Alpay has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provicetown, the Iowa Arts Council, the Edna St.Vincent Millay Colony, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Alpay works as a technical writer and business analyst in Chicago, where he lives with his wife, the writer Anne-Marie Gallagher. (updated 7/2009)
AGNI has published the following work by Alpay Ulku:
| •Dare You | |
| •Hollyhocks for Myself | |
| •Old Suddenly | |
| •What the Sky Is Like | ![]() |


