Alessandra Lynch’s most recent collection of poetry, Pretty Tripwire, was a semi-finalist for the Julie Suk Award, and prior collections have been finalists for the LA Times Book Award, the Balcones Prize, and named as top ten poetry book by the NY Times. The author of three other poetry collections, Alesandra’s work has also appeared in the American Poetry Review, The New England Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and other journals.