“ Truly remarkable poetry draws new connections between the emotional, physical, and psychological landscapes our lives move through. This is especially true of Matria , a stunning collection by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, who moves us among and between the intersections of motherhood and childhood, womanhood and country-hood. With arresting language full of grace and empathy, these poems dimension the fluidity and complexity of these relationships as both witness and the witnessed, mother and child, native and foreigner, in both English and Spanish.” — Richard Blanco Alexandra Lytton Regalado is a Salvadoran American author, editor, and translator. She 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). Alexandra is the translator of Efí mero by heidi restrepo rhodes and Family or Oblivion by Elena Salamanca. She is co-founding editor of Kalina, a press that showcases bilingual, Central American-themed books and she is assistant editor at SWWIM Every Day an online daily poetry journal for women-identifying poets. www.alexandralyttonregalado.com