Kevin Bertolero

Kevin Bertolero is a poet and critic who founded Ghost City Press and serves as associate director of the Kettle Pond Writers' Conference. He holds degrees in literature and an MFA in poetry. His poetry collections include From the Estuary to the Offing and In Passing, along with several chapbooks such as Soft Boy and Love Poems. His nonfiction book Forever in Transition, on queer futurist aesthetics in gay cinema, was published by Another New Calligraphy in 2021. His poems have appeared in Post Road, The Cortland Review, Hanging Loose, and other journals. He lives in Portland, Maine.