Relinquenda: Poems Memoir_Gift_Guide With a handful of allies

With a handful of allies

the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out—with drastic consequences for all involved

she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance

Named a Best Book of 2023 by NPR

Frank Caliendo

Relinquenda: Poems Memoir_Gift_Guide With a handful of alliesWhen COVID 19 broke and the United States closed the border to travel, Alexandra Lytton Regalado was separated from family back in El Salvador. She wrote Relinquenda entirely during lockdown as a meditation on cancer, the passing of her father, and the renewed significance of community. In a lyrical and often bilingual voice, Regalado explores impermanence and the body, communication and inarticulation, and the need to let go in order to heal regrets.