Eva Alter, Poet
Eva Alter is an information scientist, procedural formalist poet, and Jewish-Tidewater-Appalachian American. Her poetry is published or forthcoming in Hobart, Bruiser Magazine, American Poetry Journal, Burial Magazine, Appalachian Journal, Reform Jewish Quarterly, Michigan City Review of Books, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES was published by Eulogy Press in October 2025.
Published Work
Echolocation, Sin-eater, Mimesis, Yimakh shemo, Congruent Antecedent - Hobart, August 2026 (forthcoming)
Synclinal Ridge - Appalachian Journal, Summer 2026 (print)
Gomorrah and Sons of sons - Michigan City Review of Books, Spring 2026
Fifth column and Conscience Template - Some Words, Winter and Spring 2026
Omnipotence - Don't Submit, Winter 2026
Neshamah - Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter 2026 (print)
Mariposa - Dodo Eraser, January 2026
Instinct - Burial Magazine, October 2025
Shenandoah Crux - Bruiser Magazine, October 2025
Endgame, a short story - Citywide Lunch, October 2025
Likeness Test - American Poetry Journal, September 2025
Balancing Rock - Amethyst Review, September 2025 (from AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES)
Mishpat - Eulogy Press, August 2025
Strategy - Cataloguing Poetry Magazine, August 2025
Barometer - Blood & Honey, August 2025 (from AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES)
Immersion/Return, a diptych - Don't Submit, July 2025
Chimera and essay - Blood & Honey, May 2025 (from AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES)
nervosa/mirabilis - Don't Submit, April 2025
Passenger - Maudlin House, March 2025
Kismet (nominated for Best of the Net) - Eulogy Press, March 2025
Links
Rhythm and Somatic Consciousness: On Eva Alter's Autocartographies, a review by D.W. Baker in Dodo Eraser's Issue #3
Eva's Twitter