Alessandra Lynch

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Alessandra Lynch is an American poet and professor.

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "- 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.

Sources

External links

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