Jeffrey Alfier

Poet

Torrance, CA
California US
Website: 
www.bluehorsepress.com

Author's Bio

JC Alfier’s (they/them) most recent book of poetry, The Shadow Field, was published in 2020. Journal credits include Faultline, New York Quarterly, Notre Dame Review, Penn Review, River Styx, and Vassar Review. They are also a collage artist after the styles of Francesca Woodman, Deborah Turbeville, and Katrien De Blauwer.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Southbound Express to Bay Head (Grayson Books, 2016)
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The Red Deer at Carrbridge (Kelsay Books, 2016)
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The Storm Petrel (Grayson Books, 2014)
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Idyll for a Vanishing River (Glass Lyre Press, 2013)
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The Wolf Yearling (Silver Birch Press, 2013)
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Bluesman's Daughter (Kindred Spirit Press, 2011)
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The Torch Singer (Kindred Spirit Press, 2011)
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Before the Troubadour Exits (Kindred Spirit Press, 2010)
,
Offloading the Wounded (Moon Publishing and Printing, 2007)
Chapbooks:
The City Without Her (Kindred Spirit Press, 2012)
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The Gathering Light at San Cataldo (Kindred Spirit Press, 2012)
,
Strangers within The Gate (Moon Publishing and Printing, 2005)
Journals:
Alembic
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Birmingham Poetry Review
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Black Rock & Sage
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Blue Collar Review
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Blue Earth Review
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Blueline
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Borderlands
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Boxcar Poetry Review
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Brilliant Corners
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Broad River Review
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Broken Bridge Review
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Caesura
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Cairn
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Cape Rock
,
Clare Literary Journal
,
Concho River Review
,
Connecticut Review
,
Connecticut River Review
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Copper Nickel
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Cottonwood Review
,
Crab Orchard Review
,
Crannóg
,
Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts
,
Dislocate
,
Echolocation
,
Eclipse
,
Eleven Eleven
,
Ellipsis
,
Emerson Review
,
Emrys Journal
,
Flint Hills Review
,
Fourth River
,
Fox Cry Review
,
Front Range Review
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Georgetown Review
,
Gihon River Review
,
Heartland Review
,
Hobo Camp Review
,
Homestead Review
,
Illya's Honey
,
Inscape Journal
,
Into the Teeth of the Wind
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Iodine Poetry Journal
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Iron Horse Literary Review
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JAMA
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James Dickey Review
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Jelly Bucket
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Kerf
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Kestrel
,
Lake Effect
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Limestone
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Mangrove Review
,
Midwestern Gothic
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Moonshot Magazine
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Mosaic Art & Literary Journal
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New Madrid
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Noctua Review
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Northridge Review
,
Other Poetry
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Owen Wister Review
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Pacific Review
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Penumbra
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Permafrost
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Pinyon
,
Platte Valley Review
,
Poetry South
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Post Road
,
Raleigh Review
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RE:AL
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Red River Review
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Red Wheelbarrow
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Reed Magazine
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RHINO
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River Oak Review
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Rockhurst Review
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Ruminate
,
Saint Ann's Review
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Sakura Review
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Sandy River Review
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Santa Clara Review
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Slant
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Slipstream
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South Carolina Review
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Southwestern American Literature
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Spectrum
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Sport Literate
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Sugar House Review
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Suisun Valley Review
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Texas Review
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The Binnacle
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The Mayo Review
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The New York Quarterly
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Three Coyotes
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Tulane Review
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Utah English Journal
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War, Literature & the Arts
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Watershed
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Welter
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Whiskey Island Magazine
,
Willow Review
,
Xavier Review

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Winter Stars by Larry Levis, Mind, Brain and Free Will by Richard Swinburne, What Work Is by Philip Levine, God and Stephen Hawking by John C. Lennox

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Dearborn
Raised in: 
Hampton, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Mar 26, 2025