Alessandra Lynch is an American poet and professor.

Career

She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently ''Pretty Tripwire.'' Her third, ''Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment,'' won the Balcones Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and UNT Rilke Poetry Prize, and was named one of the ten best books of poetry in 2017 by ''

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.'' Her second, ''It was a terrible cloud at twilight,'' won the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize. Her work has appeared in the ''

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The Massachusetts Review ''The Massachusetts Review'' is a literary quarterly founded in 1959 by a group of professors from Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It receives financial support from Five Colleg ...

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Ploughshares ''Ploughshares'' is an American literary journal established in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, ''Ploughshares'' has been based at Emerson College in Boston. ...

,'' and other literary publications. Her books have been reviewed in ''

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The Cincinnati Review ''The Cincinnati Review'' is a literary magazine based in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, published by the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 ...

,'' and other venues. She has been interviewed by ''The Indianapolis Review'' and ''Southeast Review. '' She has received fellowships from MacDowell,

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, and the Vermont Studio Center, as well as a Creative Renewal Fellowship for the Arts from the Indianapolis Council for the Arts, and a Barbara Deming Award. She is the current Poet-in-Residence at Butler University, and teaches in their undergraduate and MFA programs.

Personal life

Alessandra Lynch is married to the poet Chris Forhan, and they live in Indianapolis with their sons.

Published works

* ''Pretty Tripwire'' (

Alice James Books Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington. History and mission "Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 197 ...

, 2021) * ''Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment'' (

, 2017) * '' It was a terrible cloud at twilight'' (Pleaides Press/

LSU Press The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of American Univer ...

, 2008) * ''Sails the Wind Left Behind'' (

, 2002)

References

Sources

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External links

Southeast Review An Interview with Alessandra Lynch by Natalie TombascoThe Indianapolis Review , Featured Poet: Alessandra Lynch , Interviewed by Natalie SolmerPoetry Foundation , Featured Blogger , ''Voices'' by Alessandra Lynch
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