Alessandra Lynch is the author of five poetry collections: Wish Ave,  Pretty Tripwire (long listed for the Julie Suk Award), Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment (winner of the Balcones Prize for Poetry, finalist for the LA Times Book Award and the Rilke Prize for Poetry, as well as one of the NY Times’ Best Books of 2017),  It was a terrible cloud at twilight (winner of the Lena Miles Wever-Todd Award), and Sails the Wind Left Behind (winner of the Alice James NY/New England Prize). Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, the Kenyon Review, the Massachusetts Review, the New England Review, Ploughshares, and other journals. She has received  fellowships from Yaddo, MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Lannan Foundation.  She has also received  Barbara Deming Award and a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship. Currently she serves as Butler University’s poet in residence.  Alessandra also works as an editor/advisor/guide for poetry and prose manuscripts:  www.alessandralynch.com