How Wally Lost His Thumb and the Boy Scouts Became Cannibals

Al Ortolanis 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 Quarterly Books. A previous collection Ghost Sign Spartan Press/39 West co-authored with J.T. Knoll Adam Jameson and Melissa Fite Johnson was selected as a Kansas Notable Book for 2017. Ortolani is the Manuscript Editor for Woodley Press in Topeka Kansas and directs a memoir writing project for Vietnam veterans across Kansas in association with the Library of Congressand Humanities Kansas. He currently lives in the Kansas City area.