Alex Bortell is a Chicago-based poet. He is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. His work appears or is forthcoming in Foglifter, the Mississippi Review, RHINO, Split Lip Magazine, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere.
Selected work
Cesarean and Tourniquet
Hypertext Magazine - Publishing fiction, essays, poetry, visual art, & interviews since 2010., 2025
Poetry
THE FINAL SHEDDING
Gulf Stream Magazine, 2025
Poetry
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
Foglifter Journal & Press, 2025
Poetry
Double Mastectomy (Reprint: Best New Poems)
ONLY POEMS, 2025
Poetry
Double Mastectomy
Mississippi Review, 2025
Poetry
The Detroit Eagle
Stonecoast Review, 2025
Poetry
Cruising in the Motor City
Split Lip Magazine, 2025
Poetry
Deboning
phoebe, 2025
Poetry
Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
RHINO Poetry, 2025
Poetry
Taxonomy
Sundog Lit, 2025
Poetry