Alan Albert
Alan Albert’s poetry has appeared in numerous publications, including The American Poetry Review, Kansas Quarterly, The Mississippi Review, and Poetry East. An audio recording of his poem on divorce, "Coats," recently appeared in the online journal, The Cortland Review. He has been a finalist and semi-finalist in the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship program, and has been First Prize winner in the Annual Boston University Alumni Poetry Competition and the Worcester County Poetry Association Competition. In 2010 he was awarded an Artist Residency Grant at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Alan has given many readings in the Boston area, and currently has a book-length manuscript circulating, entitled The Above-Average Tree.