Alessandra Lynch’s fourth book of poetry, Pretty Tripwire, was published in January 2021. She is also the author of: Sails the Wind Left Behind,  It was a terrible cloud at twilight, and Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment (winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize, finalist for the LATimes Book Awards and the Rilke Poetry Prize). Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, The New England Review, The Kenyon Review,Ploughshares, and other literary journals. Currently, she serves as Butler University’s poet in residence where she teaches in the undergraduate and MFA programs. Alessandra also paints from time to time.  www.alessandralynch.com