Alessandra Lynch

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Alessandra Lynch is an American poet and professor.

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Career

She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Pretty Tripwire. [1] Her third, Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment, won the Balcones Poetry Prize, [2] and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, [3] and UNT Rilke Poetry Prize, [4] and was named one of the ten best books of poetry in 2017 by The New York Times. [5] Her second, It was a terrible cloud at twilight, won the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize. [6]

Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, The Antioch Review, Colorado Review, The Cortland Review, The Massachusetts Review, Ploughshares, and other literary publications. [1] Her books have been reviewed in The New York Times, [5] Publishers Weekly, [7] Library Journal, [8] Ploughshares, [9] The Cincinnati Review, [10] and other venues. She has been interviewed by The Indianapolis Review [11] and Southeast Review. [12]

She has received fellowships from MacDowell, [13] Yaddo, [14] and the Vermont Studio Center, [15] as well as a Creative Renewal Fellowship for the Arts from the Indianapolis Council for the Arts, [16] and a Barbara Deming Award. [17] She is the current Poet-in-Residence at Butler University, and teaches in their undergraduate [15] and MFA programs. [18]

Personal life

Alessandra Lynch is married to the poet Chris Forhan, and they live in Indianapolis with their sons. [19]

Published works

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pretty Tripwire". Alice James Books.
  2. ↑ "September/October 2018 - Recent Winners". Poets & Writers.
  3. ↑ "L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Joyce Carol Oates and Ta-Nehisi Coates; John Rechy receives lifetime achievement award". Los Angeles Times. February 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment". Alice James Books.
  5. 1 2 Orr, David (December 22, 2017). "The Best Poetry of 2017" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ "Pleiades Press | It was a terrible cloud at twilight".
  7. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment by Alessandra Lynch. Alice James, $15.95 trade paper (100p) ISBN 978-1-938584-65-7". PublishersWeekly.com.
  8. ↑ Alessandra, Lynch. "Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment". Library Journal.
  9. ↑ "Review: DAYLILY CALLED IT A DANGEROUS MOMENT by Alessandra Lynch". blog.pshares.org.
  10. ↑ "What We're Reading: Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment by Alessandra Lynch". February 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Featured Poet: Alessandra Lynch". The Indianapolis Review. April 29, 2021.
  12. ↑ Review, Southeast (November 17, 2021). "An Interview with Alessandra Lynch". thesoutheastreview.
  13. ↑ "Alessandra Lynch - Artist". MacDowell.
  14. ↑ "Search Results for "alessandra lynch" – Yaddo". www.yaddo.org.
  15. 1 2 "- Butler.edu". Butler.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  16. ↑ "Lynch, Alessandra | Arts Council of Indianapolis". indyarts.org.
  17. ↑ "Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. : Grantees". demingfund.org.
  18. ↑ "Alessandra Lynch – Butler MFA". blogs.butler.edu.
  19. ↑ "Chris Forhan". Poets & Writers.

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