poet

Alexandra Lytton Regalado

Alexandra Lytton Regalado is the author of Relinquenda, winner of the National Poetry Series (Beacon Press, 2022); the chapbook Piedra (La Chifurnia, 2022); and the poetry collection, Matria, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award (Black Lawrence Press, 2017). She is the translator of Family or Oblivion / La familia o el olvido by Elena Salamanca and Preguerra / Prewar by Tania Pleitez. Alexandra holds fellowships at CantoMundo and Letras Latinas and her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, poets.org, World Literature Today, Narrative, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry International, and others. She is co-founding editor of Kalina press based in El Salvador.