About Me

Alex Gurtis is the author of the chapbook When the Ocean Comes to Me (Bottlecap Press, 2024). His work as a poet and critic has appeared or is forthcoming in Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, Autofocus, Barrelhouse, Button Poetry, and The West Trade Review among others. A ruth weiss Foundation Maverick Poet Award Finalist, Alex received his MFA from the University of Central Florida. He is the co-founder of Zeppelin Books and serves on the board of the Kerouac Project of Orlando. You can follow him on Instagram @apbg_alex and on Twitter @alexgurtis.